Businesses in the nation of Islandia have been accumulating cash because they have a pessimistic outlook of the national economy. Recent changes in the economic outlook of Islandia have caused business leaders to begin to invest some of their accumulated cash. Suppose that businesses in the country invest a total of $20 billion of this cash. (a) What would be the maximum expected change in GDP if Islandia's marginal propensity toconsume (MPC) is 0.75? (b) Suppose that the recent economic outlook in the country of Mountainia has been the opposite. Businesses have postponed planned investments and have begun to accumulate cash. Ifbusinesses in Mountainia postpone $10 billion of their planned investments, what would be themaximum expected change in GDP if its marginal propensity to save (MPS) is 0.25?

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u. s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht. a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?