Exam 9: The Exchange Rate and the Balance of Payments

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Item Billions of dollars Exp orts of goods and services, X Imports of goods and services, M 1,000 Net taxes, T Government exp enditure, G 1,300 Saving, S Investment, I 650 -Using the data in the above table, if net exports = -$500 billion and the government balances its budget,

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If the official settlements account is zero, whenever the United States has a current account deficit, it must also have a capital account deficit.

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Other things remaining the same, if the expected future exchange rate rises, the demand curve for u.S. dollars shifts__________ and the supply curve of U.S. dollars shifts__________ .

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Suppose the Fed wants to fix the U.S. dollar/Mexican peso rate at 11 pesos per dollar under a fixed exchange rate policy. If the exchange rate falls to 10 pesos per dollar, the Fed can

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If the pound-dollar exchange rate changes from £0.60 per dollar to £0.65 per dollar, then the pound has _________against the dollar and the dollar has _________against the pound.

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The sum of the current, capital and official settlements accounts is always zero.

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As the expected profit from holding dollars_________ , the quantity of_________ .

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Which of the following statements about the balance of payments accounts is correct?

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When a nationʹs currency depreciates, the country might

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The United States has net exports of -$350 billion and the private sector balance is -$400 billion. What is the government sector balance?

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If a country is importing more than they are exporting, the current account will have a__________ Balance and the capital and financial account will have a balance_________.

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What is purchasing power parity?

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A net borrower country must also be a debtor nation.

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  -In the figure above, suppose the demand for dollars temporarily decreases so that the demand curve shifts to D<sub>2</sub>. To maintain the target exchange rate, the Fed -In the figure above, suppose the demand for dollars temporarily decreases so that the demand curve shifts to D2. To maintain the target exchange rate, the Fed

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As the exchange rate _________, the _________is the value of U.S. _________.

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Which of the following is correct?

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The nominal exchange rate is

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The account that records foreign investment in the United States minus U.S. investment abroad is the

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Item Billions of dollars Exp orts of goods and services, X 500 Imports of goods and services, M Net taxes, T 750 Government exp enditure, G Saving, S 1,000 Investment, I -Using the data in the above table, if the private sector runs a surplus of $250 billion, imports will equal $1,000 billion if

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If growth in the United States speeds up so that investors believe they can make a bigger profit from U.S. assets, the __________U.S. dollars will __________.

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