Pf --foreign price in foreign currency)
e = P / Pf (exchange rate on US dollar)
i.e.,
RMB value of a basket of goods
CNY / USD = --------------------------------------USD value of a basket of goods
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4.3 The Logic for PPP to hold
If the purchasing power of the dollar is always the same at home and abroad, then the exchange rate cannot change.
If the law of one price were not true, unexploited profit opportunities would exist.
❖The process of taking advantage of differences in prices in different markets is called arbitrage.
An example: Mechanism for PPP to hold:
If e P$ / P¥ > 1, then US net export decreases---- e or P$----Until e P$/P¥ =1 If e P$ / P¥ > 1, then US net export increases---- e or P$----Until e P$/P¥ =1 The theory of purchasing-power parity is based on a principle called the law of one price.