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Category: Exchange-Rate Determination
According to the asset market approach increased investor confidence in the Mexican economy would cause the peso to ?
A. appreciate because of an increase supply of peso denominated assets
B. depreciate because of an increased supply of peso denominated assets
C. appreciated because of an increased demand for peso denominated assets
D. depreciated because of an increased demand for peso denominated assets
Assume that the United States faces a percent inflation rate while no (zero) inflation exists in Japan. According to the purchasing power parity theory over the long run the dollar would be expected to ?
A. appreciate by 8 percent against the yen
B. depreciate by 8 percent against the yen
C. remain at its existing exchange rate
None of the above
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
If Japan runs current account deficit and exchange rates are floating?
A. Japanese exports become more expensive to foreign buyers
B. Japanese exports become less expensive for foreign buyers
C. Japanese imports become less expensive for German buyers
D. Japanese imports become more prestigious to German buyers
When the price of foreign currency (the exchange rate) is above the equilibrium level ?
A. an excess supply of that currency exists in the foreign exchange market
B. an excess demand for that currency exists in the foreign exchange market
C. the supply of foreign exchange shifts outward to the right
D. the supply of foreign exchange shifts backward to the left
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
If the exchange rate between Swiss francs and British pounds is 5 francs per pound, then the number of pounds that can be obtained for 200 francs equals ?
A. 20 pounds
B. 40 pounds
C. 60 pounds
D. 80 pounds
Which example of market expectations causes the dollar to depreciate against the yen – expectation that the U.S economy will have ?
A. faster growth than Japan
B. higher future interest rates than Japan
C. more rapid money supply growth than Japan
D. lower inflation rates than Japan
Starting from a position where the nation’s money demand equals the money supply and its balance of payments is in equilibrium economic theory suggests that the nation’s balance of payments would move into a surplus position if there occurred in the nation a (an) ?
A. increase in the money demand
B. decrease in the money demand
C. increase in the money demand
D. None of the above
Given a system of floating exchange rates rising income in the United States would trigger a (an) ?
A. increasing in the demand for imports and an increasing in the demand for foreign currency
B. increase in the demand for imports and 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
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