A. neither borrowers nor lenders will gain because the nominal interest rate has been fixed by contract
B. None of these answers
C. borrowers will gain at the expense of lenders
D. lenders will gain at the expense of borrowers
Related Mcqs:
- 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. - 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 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 - If inflation is 8 percent and the real interest rate is 3 percent, then the nominal interest rate must be ?
A. 3/8 percent
B. 5 percent
C. 11 percent
D. 24 percent - Under managed floating exchange rates if the rate of inflation in the United States is less than the rate of inflation of its trading partners the dollar will likely ?
A. appreciates against foreign currencies
B. depreciates against foreign currencies
C. be officially revalued by the government
D. be officially devalued by the government - Suppose that the nominal tariff rate on finished computers is 12 percent and that the weighted average of the nominal tariff rates on the inputs used in producing computers is 18 percent. Thus, the effective rate of protection for the computer industry must ?
A. be less than 12 percent and can be negative
B. be less than 12 percent but must be greater than zero
C. equal 6 percent
D. exceed 30 percent - 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 - 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 - 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
