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Category: Exchange-Rate Systems And Currency Crises
Small nations with more than one major trading partner tend to peg the value of their currencies to ?
A. gold
B. silver
C. a single currency
D. a basket of currencies
Which exchange rate system does not require monetary reserves for official exchange rate intervention ?
A. floating exchange rates
B. pegged exchanged rates
C. managed floating exchange rates
D. dual exchange rates
Small nations whose trade and financial relationships are mainly with a single partner tend to utilize ?
A. pegged exchange rates
B. freely floating exchange rates
C. managed floating exchange rates
D. crawling exchange rates
Under managed floating exchange rates if the rate of inflation in the United States is less than the rate of inflation of its trading partners the dollar will likely ?
A. appreciates against foreign currencies
B. depreciates against foreign currencies
C. be officially revalued by the government
D. be officially devalued by the government
Which exchange rate mechanism calls for frequent redefining of the par value by small amounts to remove a payments disequilibrium ?
A. dual exchange rate
B. adjustable pegged exchange rates
C. managed floating exchange rates
D. crawling pegged exchange rates
Under a pegged exchange rate system which does not explain why a country would have a balance of payments deficit ?
A. very high rates of inflation occur domestically
B. foreigners discriminate against domestic products
C. technological advance is superior abroad
D. the domestic currency is undervalued relative to other currencies
Which exchange rate mechanism in intended to insulate the balance of payments from short-term capital movements while providing exchange rate stability for commercial transactions ?
A. dual exchange rates
B. managed floating exchange rates
C. adjustable pegged exchange rates
D. crawling pegged exchange rates
Under adjustable pegged exchange rates, if the rate of inflation in the United States exceeds the rate of inflation of its trading partners ?
A. U.S exports tend to rise, and imports tend to fall
B. U.S imports tend to rise, and exports tend to fall
C. U.S foreign exchange reserves tend to rise
D. U.S foreign exchange reserves remain constant
Which exchange rate system involves a leaning against the wind|| strategy in which short-term fluctuations in exchange rates are reduced without adhering to any particular exchange rate over the long run ?
A. pegged of fixed exchange rates
B. adjustable pegged exchange rates
C. managed floating exchange rates
D. free floating exchange rates
The exchange rate system that best characterizes the present international monetary arrangement used by industrialized countries is ?
A. freely fluctuating exchange rates
B. adjustable pegged exchange rates
C. managed floating exchange rates
D. pegged or fixed exchange rates
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