Consider Two Countries, Hitech and Lotech

question 34

Essay

Consider two countries, Hitech and Lotech. In Hitech new arrangements for making payments, such as credit cards and ATMs, have been enthusiastically adopted by the population, thereby reducing the proportion of income that is held as real money balances. Over this period no such changes occurred in Lotech. If the rate of money growth and the growth rate of real GDP were the same in Hitech and Lotech over this period, then how would the rate of inflation differ between the two countries? Carefully explain your answer.

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Definitions:

Compute

To calculate or solve a problem, often using a computer.

Compounded Quarterly

Refers to the calculation of interest on the initial principal and also on the accumulated interest of previous periods of a deposit or loan, performed four times a year.

Present Value

The value today of a future sum of money or series of cash payments, considering a particular interest rate.

Quarterly Withdrawal

A financial term referring to the amount of money withdrawn from an account every three months.