The second presentation concerns your selected foreign currency and its relationship

Team Presentation #2 (selected currency: Hong Kong Dollar)

The second presentation concerns your selected foreign currency and its relationship with the U.S. dollar. Your presentation should cover the following topics:

1. Background and history of your selected foreign currency

2. Major milestones on the world scene

3. Major milestones in exchange with USD

4. Under which IMF Currency Regime does your currency belong? (see page 35-39 in textbook)

· Do you anticipate any change? Is there pressure from other parties for change?

· How would a change affect MNEs and the balance of trade?

5. Evaluate your currency from the perspective of the Impossible Trinity (page 69 in the textbook)

· Where does your currency stand in regard to each of the 3 attributes?

6. Magnitude of role as a global currency

7. Other key currency relationships (other than USD)

8. Current and future challenges

Instruction:

1. Please make a 2-slide PowerPoint for the highlighted parts, which are the background/history and the major milestones on the world scene of Hong Kong Dollar.