Now shopping mall giant (Dalian) Wanda, owned by Chinaâs richest man Wang Jianlin, and Vanke, the worldâs biggest residential real estate developer, founded by the mountaineering-loving Wang Shi, have âstunned the capital markets,â in the words of Chinese news site The Paper, by announcing a âstrategic partnership.â.
The second macroeconomic consideration of increased imports is the impact on exchange rates. As we have shown in the previous section, as U.S. consumers increase their consumption of imports, the supply of dollars in foreign exchange markets rises.
1 Changes in relative prices or inflation rates will determine the comparative prices of imports and exports for a nation. 2  A country that is experiencing higher inflation rates than its trading partners will see the relative prices of exports increase and the relative prices of imports decline.s U.S. consumers increase their consumption of imports, the supply of dollars in foreign exchange markets rises. Figure 12-2 shows a rightward shift in the supply of dollars from S $0 to S $1 as U.S. consumers increase their purchases of imports.