A. increasing portfolio investment into the United States
B. decreasing portfolio investment into the United States
C. increasing direct investment into the United States
D. decreasing direct investment into the United States
Related Mcqs:
- Refer to Exhibit 4, Suppose that the consumer must choose between buying socks and belts Also suppose that the consumer’s income is €100 Suppose that the price of a pair of socks falls from €5 to €2 The income effect is represented by the movement from point ?
A. X to point Y
B. X to point Z
C. Y to point X
D. Z to point X - Refer to Exhibit 4, Suppose that the consumer must choose between buying socks and belts Also suppose that the consumer’s income is €100 Suppose that the price of a pair of socks falls from €5 to €2 The substitution effect is represented by the movement from point ?
A. Z to point X
B. X to point X
C. X to point Z
D. Y to point X - Suppose an oligopolist individually maximizes its profits. When calculating profits, if the output effect exceeds the price effect on the marginal unit of production, then the oligopolist ?
A. Should produce more units
B. has maximized profits.
C. is in a Nash equilibrium
D. Should produce fewer units
E. should exit the industry. - Suppose the economy is initially in long-run equilibrium Then suppose there is an increase in military spending due to rising international tensions According to the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply what happens to prices and output in the long run ?
A. Output falls; prices are unchanged from the initial value
B. Price fall; output is unchanged from its initial value
C. Output and the price level are unchanged from their initial values
D. Prices rise; output is unchanged from its initial value - Suppose the economy is initially in long-run equilibrium Then suppose there is an increase in military spending due to rising international tensions According to the model of aggregate demand and aggregate supply what happens to prices and output in the short run ?
A. Price fall; output rises
B. Price fall; output falls
C. Price rise; output fall
D. Price rise; output rise - Given a system of floating exchange rates rising income in the United States would trigger a (an) ?
A. increasing in the demand for imports and an increasing in the demand for foreign currency
B. increase in the demand for imports and decrease in the demand for foreign currency
C. decrease in the demand for imports and an increase in the demand for foreign currency
D. decrease in the demand for imports and a decrease in the demand for foreign currency - Suppose that tomatoes from Mexico face a 20 percent tariff in the United States and a 25 percent tariff in Canada. If the United States and Canada maintain free trade between each other, the these two countries belong to a ?
A. free-trade area
B. customs union
C. common market
D. monetary union - If people with higher incomes pay a higher percentage of income in taxes, the income tax structure is ?
A. progressive
B. regressive
C. value added taxes (VAT)
D. excise taxes - Refer to Exhibit 4. Suppose that the consumer must choose between buying socks and belts Also suppose that the consumer’s income is €100 If the price of a belt is €10 and the price of a pair of socks is €5, the consumer will choose to buy the commodity bundle represented b point ?
A. Z
B. X
C. Y
D. the optimal point cannot be determined from this graph - Refer to Exhibit 4, Suppose that the consumer must choose between buying socks and belts Also suppose that the consumer’s income is €100 A pair of socks is ?
A. an inferior effect
B. a Geffen good
C. a normal good
D. none of these answers
