A. destabilizing
B. stabilizing
C. inflationary
D. deflationary
Related Mcqs:
- Which exchange rate system involves a leaning against the wind|| strategy in which short-term fluctuations in exchange rates are reduced without adhering to any particular exchange rate over the long run ?
A. pegged of fixed exchange rates
B. adjustable pegged exchange rates
C. managed floating exchange rates
D. free floating exchange rates - Speculators in foreign exchange markets do all of the following except ?
A. attempt to profit by trading on expectations about future currency prices
B. bear risk as they attempt to ____ beat the market||
C. attempt to buy currency at a low price and later resell that currency at a higher price
D. Simultaneously buy a currency at a low price and sell that currency at a higher price, making a riskless profit - Given recent information about growth trends and growth potential of ethnic populations within the U.S market which of the following ethnic groups would be a best bet to double during the next half century and become one of the U.S market’s most viable segments ?
A. Hispanics and Asians
B. African Americans
C. Western Europeans
D. Middle Eastern - The exchange rate is the ratio at which the currency of one country is exchanged for the currency of another. Which method was developed by the World bank to exchange rates ?
A. Breton Wood method
B. Free market exchange rate
C. Atlas method of exchange rate
D. Open market exchange rate - What is called that bank which regularly accepts foreign currency-denominated deposits and makes foreign currency-denominated deposits and makes foreign currency loans ?
A. Eurobank
B. Foreign bank
C. International Bank
D. Multinational Bank - 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 absence of international capital controls, central banks set ________ to provide the correct incentive for speculators?
A. money supply targets
B. income policy
C. interest rates
D. inflation targets - A central bank or monetary authority hold foreign currency for the purpose of exchange intervention and the settlement of intergovernmental claims. Term the currency ?
A. Reserve currency
B. Hot currency
C. Pegged currency
D. Hard currency - With fixed exchange rates and no private currency flows, when the central bank buys domestic currency the domestic money supply is ?
A. increased
B. unaffected
C. reduced
D. None of these - The purchasing power parity theory has limitations in forecasting exchange rate fluctuations for all of the following reasons except ?
A. inflation effects exchange rates
B. international capital flows affect exchange rates
C. governments sometimes impose trade restrictions such as tariffs and quotas
D. not all products are internationally tradeable
