I- inflation weakens the creation of credit and capital markets
II- inflation distorts business behavior especially investment behavior
III- inflation increase the price of foreign goods relative to domestic goods
IV- Inflation imposes a tax on the holders of money
A. I and II only
B. III and IV only
C. I, II and IV only
D. I, II and III only
Related Mcqs:
- Pricing to cover variable costs and some fixed costs as in the case of some automobile distributorships that sell below total costs is typical of which of the following pricing objectives ?
A. current profit maximization
B. product quality leadership
C. Market share leadership
D. Survival - When actual inflation exceeds expected inflation ?
A. Unemployment is equal to the natural rate of unemployment
B. People will reduce their expectations of inflation in the future
C. Unemployment is greater than the natural rate of unemployment
D. Unemployment is less than the natural rate of unemployment - Refer to Exhibit 6.If People in the economy expect inflation to be 6 percent but inflation turn out to be 3 percent the economy is operating at point ?
A. H
B. c
C. d
D. F - Refer to Exhibit 6.If People in the economy expect inflation to be 3 percent and inflation is 3 percent the economy is operating at point ?
A. b
B. I
C. a
D. H - If workers and firms agree on an increase in wages based on their expectations of inflation and inflation turns out to be more than they expected ?
A. none of these answers
B. Workers will gain at the expense of firms
C. neither workers nor firms will gain because the increase in wages in fixed in the labor agreement
D. firms will gain at the expense of workers. - If the Bank of England reduces the money supply to reduce inflation a floating exchange rate will aid the Bank of England in fighting inflation because ?
A. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of UK exports will rise and the Price of UK imports will fall
B. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase, and the price of UK exports will fall and the price of UK imports will rise
C. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of UK exports and UK imports will fall.
D. as the money supply is decreased the interest rate will increase and the price of both UK exports and UK imports will rise - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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
