Category: Exchange-Rate Adjustments And The Balance of

If foreign manufacturing costs and profit margins in response to a depreciation in the U.S dollar the effect of these actions is to ?

A. shorten the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade deficit
B. shorten the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade surplus
C. lengthen the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade deficit
D. lengthen the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade surplus

Economic theory predicts that a currency depreciation will least lead to an improvement in the home country’s trade balance when ?

A. home demand for imports is inelastic and foreign export demand is inelastic
B. home demand for imports is elastic and foreign export demand is inelastic
C. home demand for imports is inelastic and foreign export demand is elastic
D. home demand for imports is elastic and foreign export demand is elastic