A. negative effect on economic growth during the simultaneous five-year period but has a significantly positive effect on growth in the subsequent five years
B. no effect on economic growth during the simultaneous five-year period but has a significantly negative effect on growth in the subsequent five years
C. a significantly positive effect on growth in the subsequent five years
D. an exponentially negative effect on growth ten years
Related Mcqs:
- The Setrite Corporation produce chairs. An economist working for the firm predicts that if people’s incomes rise next year, then the demand for our chairs will for our chairs will increase ceteris paribus The accuracy of the economist’s prediction depends on whether the chairs Setrite Produce ?
A. have few substitutes.
B. are normal goods
C. have few complementary goods.
D. have many complementary goods. - If the exchange rate between the UK and Japan changes from £1 = 100 yen to £1 = 150 yen then ceteris paribus, the price of UK goods in Japan ?
A. will remain the same
B. will decrease
C. will increase
D. could either increase of decrease - Central bank’s rate of lending to commercial banks is called ?
A. Interest rate
B. Discount rate
C. Money rate
D. Control rate - When the financial system lacks the capability of making judgement about investment opportunities due to asymmetric information leading to potentially bad credit risks lending is subject to ?
A. adverse selection
B. moral hazard
C. social goods
D. hyperinflation - The IMF is an agency charged with providing ?
A. technical assistance to stock market and financial market problems
B. loans for post-World War II reconstruction
C. short-term credit for international balance of payments deficits
D. bonds denominated in U.S dollars as a loan to LDCs - There is method by which one currency is bought, sold or valued in terms of other currencies, gold or accounting units such as the Special Drawing Right of IMF. What is it called ?
A. Currency exchange
B. Currency value
C. Currency value
D. Exchange rate - Which of the following is a form of international reserve assets, created by IMF in 1967 whose value is based on a portfolio of widely used currencies ?
A. Special Drawing Right (SDR)
B. IMF Drawing Rights (SDR)
C. International Drawing Right (IDR)
D. Sure, Drawing Rights (SDR) - Mosley Harrigan and Toye refer to the IMF and World Bank as________________?
A. excessively committed to writing down LDC debt
B. a managed duopoly of policy advice
C. a U.S monoply
D. the initiator of HIPCs debt forgiveness - According to the Brandt report the IMF’s insistence on drastic measures in short time periods ?
I- contributes to low-income countries recovery quickly
II- reduces basis-needs attainment
III- may lead to IMF riots
IV- may lead to the downfall of governmentsA. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I, III and IV only - When the world Bank or IMF requires improved external balance in the short run the agency may condition its loan on expenditure switching that is ?
A. switching spending from domestic to foreign sources
B. devaluing local currencies
C. increase trade restrictions by imposing quota
D. increase government spending
