5. Use the following transactions and fill the table below. All these transactions will affect the foreign exchange markets (shifts of supply and demand curves), and Turkey's balance of payment (surplus or deficit on which account of BoP) and the value of TL (appreciation or depreciation). Assume that the balance of payment is initially at zero. Indicate only the initial change in BOP.
FX Market
Current Acc.
Capital Acc.
Value of TL
i
ii
iii
iv
v
vi
i. Turkey buys French wine.
ii. Qatari investors build a plant in Turkey.
iii. A Spanish corporation receives dividends from a Turkish subsidiary.
iv. EXPO holds its organizations in Izmir with all member countries attending.
v. Turkish investors buy Swiss stocks.
vi. Turkey sells textiles to Russia.
6. Suppose that the exchange rate between the US dollar and Turkish Lira changes from S1.00-6TL to S1=7TL. Determine whether the underlined individuals listed below would see this change as a good or a bad thing.
a. A US businessperson is planning to buy 70,000 TL of textile products from a Turkish Company.
b. A Turkish chemical company is planning to buy S100,000 of ethyl alcohol from a US producer of ethyl alcohol.
c. A US resident has a savings account of 420,000 TL in a Turkish bank.
d. A US company must make an interest payment of 840,000 TL to the Turkish bank from which it borrowed last year.