A. constant
B. inelastic
C. elastic
D. Unitary elastic
Related Mcqs:
- Suppose that U.S dollar depreciates 70 percent against the yen yet Japanese export prices to Americans did not decrease by the full extent of the dollar depreciation. This is best explained by ?
A. partial currency pass through
B. complete currency pass through
C. partial J curve effect
D. complete J curve effect - During the era of dollar appreciation from 1981 to 1985 a main reason why the dollar did not fall in value was ?
A. flows of foreign investment into the United States
B. rising price inflation in the United States
C. a substantial decrease in U.S imports
D. a substantial increase in U.S exports - What is called the difference in the value of a nation’s imports over exports or exports over imports ?
A. Trade deficit
B. Trade simples
C. Both a & b
D. Not a nor b - When imports from a higher-cost supplier within a customs union replace imports from a lower-cost supplier outside the custom union, there exists ?
A. trade creation
B. trade diversion
C. dynamic welfare effects
D. comprehensive welfare effects - In the early eighties, the Federal Reserve pursed a tight monetary policy. All else being equal. the impact of that policy was to interest rates in the United States relative to those in Europe and cause the dollar to _______ against European currencies?
A. decrease; depreciate
B. decrease; appreciate
C. increase; depreciate
D. increase; appreciate - If foreign manufacturing costs and profit margins in response to a depreciation in the U.S dollar the effect of these actions is to ?
A. shorten the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade deficit
B. shorten the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade surplus
C. lengthen the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade deficit
D. lengthen the amount of time in which the depreciation leads to smaller trade surplus - Complete currency pass through arises when a 10 percent depreciation in the value of the dollar causes U.S?
A. import prices to fall by 10 percent
B. import prices to rise by 10 percent
C. export prices to rise by 10 percent
D. export prices to fall by 10 percent - If export contracts are written in terms of foreign currency and import contracts are denominated in domestic currency a depreciation of the dollar during the currency contract period ?
A. should increase the dollar value of exports
B. should not have any effect on the dollar value of U.S imports
C. must increase the balance of trade
D. All of the above - In the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply, the initial impact of an increase in consumer optimism is to ?
A. shift the short-run aggregate supply curve to the left
B. shift the aggregate demand curve to the right
C. shift the short-run aggregate supply curve to the right
D. shift the aggregate demand curve to the left - If an increase in the price of a good has no impact on the total revenue in that market demand must be ?
A. all of these answers
B. price inelastic
C. unit price elastic
D. price elastic
