A basket of goods cost $100 in the U.S. and £65 in the United Kingdom. If purchasing power parity holds, what is the dollar-pound exchange rate?
What will be an ideal response?
We can answer this using the following equation:
= Dollars per pound
Substituting the information in the question, we divide $100 by £65 and the answer is $1.538/£.
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