7.3 Overvalued and Undervalued Currencies
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1 基本概念
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2 PPT
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3 视频小课堂
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4 自我测试
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5 Case Study
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D. Overvalued and Undervalued

Ⅴ Real exchange rate
A. Definitions
Nominal exchange rate – the exchange rate that is actually observed in the foreign exchangemarket.
Real exchange rate – the nominal exchange rate after adjusting for inflation differentialbetween countries.
Real exchange rate is used as an indicatorfor competitiveness of international trade of a currency.
It is an alternative way to think aboutcurrencies being over- or undervalued.
B. Real Exchange Rate

The percentage change in real exchange rate (% △Ereal):
%△Ereal=%△Sd/f+%△Pf-%△Pd

