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ments of specie are lacking, 337. Use of certain terms : exchange,
foreign exchange, paper exchange, specie exchange, paper con-
ditions, specie conditions, dislocated exchanges, 338. Effects of
inconvertible currency on international trade unduly simplified
by followers of Ricardo, 339. Cassel’s formulation of the pur-
chasing-parity doctrine, 340. Analysis of international trade
under the simplest conditions between countries having different
monetary standards, 341. Effect of a sudden and large dis-
turbing factor on the price of foreign exchange, 343. Price
of foreign exchange may change independently of changes in the
price level of either country. The theory of the impact of the
respective volumes of remittances, 344. Changes in exchange
rate may for a time act as a bounty on exports, 346. Is there a
“normal” foreign exchange rate under dislocated exchanges?
348. Effect of fluctuation in exchange on domestic prices,
export prices, and import prices, 349. Eventual results under
dislocated exchanges the same as under specie, 352. Changes in
the barter terms of trade, 355. Limits of fluctuations in the
barter terms and in the rates of exchange, 356. Conclusion, 357
APPENDIX
The analysis made in the body of the chapter illustrated by
figures, 358.
CHAPTER 27
DisLocATED ExcHANGES FURTHER CONSIDERED -
Merchandise movements may be cause or effect of variations
in the price of foreign exchange. Barter terms of trade modified
by changes in demand, 363. Changes in demand usually gradual,
and difficult to disentangle. Changes in supply are more often
distinguishable, but as a rule the effects can be traced only thru
the first stages, 366. Exchange between a country with a gold
standard and one with a silver standard, 369. Trade between
India and Great Britain, 370. Rates of exchange, like mer-
chandise movements, may be either cause or effect of merchan-
dise movements, 371. Changes in the gold price of silver, arising
independently, are a complicating factor, 372.
363-373
CHAPTER 28
SPECULATION, PEGGING, THE GoLD EXCHANGE STANDARD . ;
Short period movements of dislocated exchanges. Speculative
dealings of much greater importance than under gold exchanges,
374. Does speculation diminish fluctuations? relation between
374-384