Category: Exchange-Rate Determination

Under a system of floating exchange rates relatively low productivity and high inflation rates in the United States results in a (an) ?

A. increase in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
B. increase in the demand for foreign currency an increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar
C. decrease in the demand for foreign currency a decrease in the supply of foreign currency and a depreciation in the dollar
D. decrease in the demand for foreign currency and increase in the supply of foreign currency and a appreciation in the dollar

Given a system of floating exchange rates falling income in the United States would trigger a (an) ?

A. increase in the demand for imports and an increase in the demand for foreign currency
B. increase in the demand for imports and a decrease in the demand for foreign currency
C. decrease in the demand for imports and an increase in the demand for foreign currency
D. decrease in the demand for imports and a decrease in the demand for foreign currency