A. the rate at which current consumption can be exchanged for future consumption
B. the price of borrowing money
C. The opportunity cost of holding money
D. the return on money that is saved for the future
Related Mcqs:
- When money demand is expressed in a graph with the interest rate on the vertical axis and the quantity of money on the horizontal axis an increase in the interest rate ?
A. None of these answers
B. decrease the quantity demanded of money
C. increase the quantity demanded of money
D. decreases the demand for money
E. increases the demand for money - When supply and demand for money are expressed in a graph with the interest rate on the vertical axis and the quantity of money on the horizontal axis an increase in the price level ?
A. shifts money demand to the right and increases the interest rate
B. None of these answers
C. shifts money demand to the right and decreases the interest rate
D. shifts money demand to the left and increases the interest rate
E. shifts money demand to the left and decrease the interest rate - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 8 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 4 percent, For Switzerland the annual interest rate on government securities equal 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 7 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to depreciate
B. the United States to Switzerland causing the dollar to appreciate
C. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to depreciate
D. Switzerland to the United States causing the franc to appreciate - For the United States suppose the annual interest rate on government securities equals 12 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 8 percent For Japan the annual interest rate on government securities equals 10 percent while the annual inflation rate equals 5 percent the above variables would cause investment funds to flow from ?
A. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to depreciate
B. The United States to Japan causing the dollar to appreciate
C. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to depreciate
D. The Japan to United States, causing the dollar to appreciate - If the quantity of money demanded exceeds the quantity of money supplied then the interest rate will ?
A. change in a certain direction
B. remain constant
C. fall
D. rise - If the nominal interest rate is 7 percent and the inflation rate is 3 percent, then the real interest rate is ?
A. 4 percent
B. 10 percent
C. -4 percent
D. 3 percent
E. 21 percent - The demand for money represents the idea that there is ?
A. a positive relationship between the interest rate and the quantity of money demanded
B. a negative relationship between the price level and the quantity of money demanded
C. a negative relationship between the level of aggregate output and the quantity of money demanded
D. a negative relationship between the interest rate and the quantity of money demanded - If the demand for money depends on the interest rate the velocity of circulation is ?
A. not constant and the quantity theory of money does hold.
B. constant and the quantity theory of money does hold.
C. not constant and the quantity theory of money does not hold.
D. constant and the quantity theory of money does not hold. - When an increase in government purchases raises incomes shifts money demand to the right raises the interest rate, and lowers investment we have seen a demonstration of ?
A. supply-side economics
B. None of these answers
C. The crowding-out effect
D. The multiplier effects - 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
