Category: International Economics

Module 11: Critical Thinking Assignment
Saudi Arabian Riyal and the U.S. Dollar
While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar. For this week’s discussion, please answer the following questions:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the pegged exchange rate?
Analyze the effect on the economy of Saudi Arabia (GDP, interest rates, inflation, and trade balance) given two scenarios when there is a dramatically declining world oil price or a dramatically increasing world oil price.
Directions:
Your essay is required to be four to five pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Currency Depreciation
Exchange rate fluctuation may affect industries that are in direct competition with foreign producers or rely on their supplies. Specifically, international competitiveness is affected through the influence the exchange rate has on relative costs. In a critical essay, assume that the following four events are taking place:
Americans increase their travel to Europe.
Saudi investors purchase large amounts of U.S. stocks
U.S. interest rates increase suddenly because of a relative increase of world interest rates
Other countries experience economic and political turmoil and become less stable when compared to the United States.
Then, please answer the following questions:
How will each event affect the foreign exchange market?
Will your answer be different if the currency was pegged?
Please explain if a dirty float system will change your assessment
Directions
Your essay is required to be five to six pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Module 11: Critical Thinking Assignment
Saudi Arabian Riyal and the U.S. Dollar
While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar. For this week’s discussion, please answer the following questions:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the pegged exchange rate?
Analyze the effect on the economy of Saudi Arabia (GDP, interest rates, inflation, and trade balance) given two scenarios when there is a dramatically declining world oil price or a dramatically increasing world oil price.
Directions:
Your essay is required to be four to five pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.

Currency Depreciation
Exchange rate fluctuation may affect industries that are in direct competition with foreign producers or rely on their supplies. Specifically, international competitiveness is affected through the influence the exchange rate has on relative costs. In a critical essay, assume that the following four events are taking place:
Americans increase their travel to Europe.
Saudi investors purchase large amounts of U.S. stocks
U.S. interest rates increase suddenly because of a relative increase of world interest rates
Other countries experience economic and political turmoil and become less stable when compared to the United States.
Then, please answer the following questions:
How will each event affect the foreign exchange market?
Will your answer be different if the currency was pegged?
Please explain if a dirty float system will change your assessment
Directions
Your essay is required to be five to six pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.
APA style

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PLEASE DO NOT CHAT GPT OR SIMILAR APPS
Students must use APA style guidelines.
the following four events are taking place:
Americans increase their travel to Europe.
Saudi investors purchase large amounts of U.S. stocks
U.S. interest rates increase suddenly because of a relative increase of world interest rates
Other countries experience economic and political turmoil and become less stable when compared to the United States.
Then, please answer the following questions:
How will each event affect the foreign exchange market?
Will your answer be different if the currency was pegged?
Please explain if a dirty float system will change your assessment

INSTRUCTIONS
Currency DepreciationExchange rate fluctuation may affect industries that are in direct competition with foreign producers or rely on their supplies. Specifically, international competitiveness is affected through the influence the exchange rate has on relative costs. In a critical essay, assume that the following four events are taking place:Americans increase their travel to Europe.
Saudi investors purchase large amounts of U.S. stocks
U.S. interest rates increase suddenly because of a relative increase of world interest rates
Other countries experience economic and political turmoil and become less stable when compared to the United States.
Then, please answer the following questions:How will each event affect the foreign exchange market?
Will your answer be different if the currency was pegged?
Please explain if a dirty float system will change your assessment
DirectionsYour essay is required to be five to six pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.
CT Rubric

Critical Thinking ‏Assignment
‏Exchange rate fluctuation may affect industries that are in direct competition with foreign producers or rely on their supplies. Specifically, international competitiveness is affected through the influence the exchange rate has on relative costs. In a critical essay, assume that the following four events are taking place:
‏Americans increase their travel to Europe.
‏Saudi investors purchase large amounts of U.S. stocks
‏U.S. interest rates increase suddenly because of a relative increase of world interest rates
‏Other countries experience economic and political turmoil and become less stable when compared to the United States.
‏Then, please answer the following questions:
‏How will each event affect the foreign exchange market?
‏Will your answer be different if the currency was pegged?
‏Please explain if a dirty float system will change your assessment
Directions:
Your essay is required to be Five to Six (5-6) pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Library to find your resources.
Use the University academic writing standards and follow APA style guidelines.
It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments into Turnitin prior to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment into the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin – Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.
Plagiarism: Plagiarism is NOT tolerated. All assignments will be auto-checked for plagiarism. If you are found to have more than 25% similarity with previous work, you will be graded zero in your assignment. Repeating such an offense could result in your termination.

While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar. please answer the following questions: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the pegged exchange rate?
Analyze the effect on the economy of Saudi Arabia (GDP, interest rates, inflation, and trade balance) given two scenarios when there is a dramatically declining world oil price or a dramatically increasing world oil price.
Directions:essay is required to be four to five pages in length, which does not include the title page and reference pages, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your work with Economic literature concepts, principles, and theories from international economics and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
follow APA style guidelines, font (times new roman) double spaced and size 12, no plagiarism please.

n this assignment, you will be able to apply what you have learned to real-world concepts. Read the following two articles and apply the course concepts in a comparison of import substitution and export orientation.
Narjoko, D., Anas, T., & Herdiyanto, R. (2018, Winter/Spring). The elusive pursuit of import substitution in 21st century Indonesia. Asian Economic Papers, 17(1), 73–93. https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/logi…
Rasiah, R., & HingAi, Y. (2009, May). Industrializing Southeast Asia. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 14(2), 107–115. https://libraryresources.columbiasouthern.edu/logi…
In your article review, in addition to your comparison of import substitution and export orientation as related to the articles, be sure to include the components listed below.
Briefly summarize the premise and main points of the articles.
Create (do not copy and paste) a graph illustrating the effect of tariffs on trade.
Explain arguments for protectionism in the context of import substitution policies.
Describe how export orientation leads to more economic growth in factors or production and improved technical progress.
Your article review must be at least three pages in length, excluding title and reference page. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references. Please note that no abstract is needed.

Choose your favorite argument for protectionism. Discuss the pros and cons of that argument, and explain why it is your favorite.