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
Related Mcqs:
- 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 - Barro and Lee find that ceteris paribus, IMF lending has ?
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 - 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) - Fundamentalists want the IMF to lend to crisis-stricken countries on condition that they undertake fundamental structural reforms in banking Joseph Stiglitz however thinks it is______________?
A. unrealistic for IMF to intervene in the financial markets of poor countries during the crisis
B. impractical for the IMF to loan short term as reforms can only be effective in the middle to long run
C. crucial that the IMF intervene in the reform of fiscal policy of the country and not the monetary policy
D. None of the statements above is correct - 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 - Assume that firms in an oligopoly are currently colluding to set price and output to maximise total industry profit. If the oligopolists are forced to stop colluding, the price charged by the oligopolists will _________ and the total output produced will __________?
A. decrease; decrease
B. increase; decrease
C. decrease; increase
D. increase; increase - In price discrimination, which section of the market is charged the higher price ?
A. The section with the richest people
B. The section with the oldest people
C. The section with the most inelastic demand
D. The section with the most elastic demand - Suppose a wave of investor and consumer pessimism in the USA causes a reduction in spending If the US federal Reserve (Which has a broader remit than the Bank of England Which is charged only with controlling inflation) chooses to engage in activist stabilization policy it should ?
A. Increase government spending and decrease taxes
B. decrease the money supply
C. decrease government spending and increase taxes
D. decrease interest rates
