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Foothill College Pegged Exchange Rate BOP Surplus Guayana Country Analysis

 

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Guyana is a country that uses the Guyana dollar (g). It has foreign reserves of $400 million. The government has issued $600 million worth of debt which is denominated in $US.

Assume Guyana discovers oil and, as a result, there is massive investment by SHELL oil company in extraction facilities. This is before any oil is exported.

If Guyana maintains a pegged exchange rate to the $US ($) at 200 g/$:

a. Explain how and why the $US S&D curves shift such that the peg is maintained

b. Does this result in a BOP surplus or deficit or no change (clearly explain why)?