EU34L4


  • 1
  • The table shows the transactions made during 2001 by the citizens of Biscuit, whose currency is the crumb. During 2001, the official reserves increased by 380 million crumbs. Calculate the current account balance.

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    880 million crumbs
    880 million crumbs
    1,000 million crumbs
    1,000 million crumbs


  • 2
  • The table shows the transactions made during 2001 by the citizens of Biscuit, whose currency is the crumb. During 2001, the official reserves increased by 380 million crumbs. How many million crumbs did Biscuit lend to the rest of the world in 2001?

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    500
    500
    2,000
    240


  • 3
  • On the island country of Sunshine where the unit of currency is fish, net exports are 50 fish, saving is 250 fish, taxes net of transfer payments are 100 fish, and the government budget deficit is 175 fish. What is the value of investment?

    375 fish
    25 fish
    25 fish
    375 fish


  • 4
  • On the island country of Sunshine where the unit of currency is fish, net exports are 50 fish, saving is 250 fish, taxes net of transfer payments are 100 fish, and the government budget deficit is 175 fish. The private sector has a _______.

    surplus of 125 fish
    surplus of 225 fish
    deficit of 125 fish
    deficit of 225 fish


  • 5
  • The table shows the exchange rates between various currencies and the pound sterling. Between 2000 and 2001, the pound _______ against the euro and _______ against the Japanese yen.

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    depreciated; depreciated
    appreciated; appreciated
    appreciated; depreciated
    depreciated; appreciated


  • 6
  • The table shows the exchange rates between various currencies and the pound sterling. Between 2000 and 2001, the U.S. dollar _______ against the Japanese yen and _______ against the euro.

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    appreciated; depreciated
    appreciated; appreciated
    depreciated; depreciated
    depreciated; appreciated


  • 7
  • Epsilon is a country whose unit of currency is the omega. New information leads people to expect that the omega will depreciate next year. As a result ____________.

    there is a movement down along the demand curve for omegas
    the demand curve for omegas shifts rightward
    the demand curve for omegas shifts leftward
    there is a movement up along the demand curve for omegas


  • 8
  • Epsilon is a country with a flexible exchange rate whose unit of currency is the omega. If the demand for omegas decreases, the exchange rate _____________ and the quantity of omegas __________.

    rises; does not change
    rises; increases or decreases
    falls; does not change
    falls; decreases or increases


  • 9
  • In France, the price of a computer is 1,227.6 euros. In Japan, the price of the same computer is 137,920 yen. If a pound sterling can buy 1.64 euros or 190 yen, then purchasing power parity _________________.

    holds because the exchange rate is fixed
    does not hold and the computer is cheaper in France
    does not hold and the computer is cheaper in Japan
    holds and the computer is the same price everywhere


  • 10
  • According to the theory of PPP, if the price of goods in the UK were ___________ than in the United States, the exchange rate with the dollar would __________.

    higher; decline in the short run
    higher; decline in the long run
    higher; rise in the short run
    lower; decline in the long run