This Question Concerns the Mechanism of a Reserve Currency Standard

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Essay

This question concerns the mechanism of a reserve currency standard.
Two countries, X and Y, have two currencies, x and y, fixed to the reserve currency, the U.S. dollar. Suppose the exchange rate between x and the U.S. dollar is 3x per dollar. Suppose the exchange rate between y and the U.S. dollar is 5y per dollar. Explain (using numbers) the mechanism if the x-y exchange rate was 0.8 x per y.

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Net Cash Flows

The difference between a company's cash inflows and outflows in a given period.

Operating Activities

Business actions that are directly related to the production, sale, and delivery of goods and services.

Notes Payable

Written promises to pay a certain amount of money, usually with interest, by a specified future date, recorded as liabilities on a balance sheet.

Accounts Payable

Accounts payable is a liability account that records the amounts a company owes to suppliers or vendors for goods or services received but not yet paid for.