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A Japanese bank buys bonds sold by Minnesota Manufacturing. Minnesota Manufacturing then uses these funds to buy machinery from Canada. Which of the following decreases?


A) U.S. net exports but not US net capital outflow
B) U.S. net capital outflow but not U.S. net exports
C) U.S. net exports and U.S. net capital outflow
D) neither U.S. net exports nor U.S. net capital outflow

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Other things the same, if the exchange rate changes from 75 Algerian dinar per dollar to 72 Algerian dinar per dollar, the dollar has


A) appreciated and so buys more Algerian goods.
B) appreciated and so buys fewer Algerian goods.
C) depreciated and so buys more Algerian goods.
D) depreciated and so buys fewer Algerian goods.

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Suppose that U.S. citizens purchase more cars made in Korea, and Koreans purchase more bonds issued by U.S. corporations. Other things the same, these actions


A) raise both U.S. net exports and U.S. net capital outflows.
B) raise U.S. net exports and lower U.S. net capital outflows.
C) lower both U.S. net exports and U.S. net capital outflows.
D) lower U.S. net exports and raise U.S. net capital outflows.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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Suppose a Starbucks tall latte cost $4.00 in the United States and 3.20 euros in the Euro area. Also, suppose a McDonald's Big Mac costs $3.50 in the United States and 2.45 euros in Euro area. If the nominal exchange rate is .75 euros per dollar, the prices of which goods have prices that are consistent with purchasing power parity?


A) Both the tall latte and the Big Mac.
B) Neither the tall latte nor the Big Mac.
C) The tall latte but not the Big Mac.
D) The Big Mac but not the tall latte.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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If a country's trade surplus falls, its net capital outflow rises.

A) True
B) False

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A country has $20 billion of domestic investment and net capital outflow of $10 billion. What is saving?


A) $10 billion
B) $30 billion
C) -$20 billion
D) -$30 billion

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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In an open economy, gross domestic product equals $2,450 billion, consumption expenditure equals $1,390 billion, government expenditure equals $325 billion, investment equals $510 and net capital outflow equals $225 billion. What is national saving?


A) $225 billion
B) $510 billion
C) $735 billion
D) $1,390 billion

E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Other things the same, an increase in the U.S. real exchange rate makes U.S. goods more expensive relative to foreign goods.

A) True
B) False

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If the purchasing power of the dollar is always the same at home and abroad, then the nominal exchange rate defined as units of foreign currency per dollar decreases if the U.S. price level rises more than the price level in foreign countries.

A) True
B) False

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If purchasing-power parity holds, then the value of the


A) nominal exchange rate is equal to one. A dollar buys as many goods in the U.S. as it does overseas.
B) nominal exchange rate is equal to one. A dollar buys the quantity of foreign currency equal to the U.S. price level divided by the foreign country's price level.
C) real exchange rate is equal to one. A dollar buys as many goods in the U.S. as it does overseas.
D) real exchange rate is equal to one. A dollar buys the quantity of foreign currency equal to the U.S. price level divided by the foreign country's price level.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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If the U.S. real exchange rate appreciates, U.S. exports


A) increase and U.S. imports decrease.
B) decrease and U.S. imports increase.
C) and U.S. imports both increase.
D) and U.S. imports both decrease.

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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A U.S. company uses U.K. pounds it already owned to purchase bonds issued by a company in the U.K. Which of these countries has an increase in net capital outflow?


A) The U.S. and the U.K.
B) The U.S. but not the U.K.
C) The U.K. but not the U.S.
D) Neither the U.S. nor the U.K.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Under what circumstances does purchasing-power parity explain how exchange rates are determined, and why is it not completely accurate?

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Purchasing-power parity works well in he...

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During a hyperinflation the real domestic value of a country's currency


A) falls and its nominal exchange rate depreciates.
B) falls and its nominal exchange rate appreciates.
C) rises and its nominal exchange rate depreciates.
D) rises and its nominal exchange rate appreciates.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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Suppose that the real exchange rate between the United States and Vietnam is defined in terms of baskets of goods. Other things the same, which of the following will increase the real exchange rate (that is increase the number of baskets of Vietnamese goods a basket of U.S. goods buys) ?


A) an increase in the quantity of Vietnamese currency that can be purchased with a dollar
B) an increase in the price of U.S. baskets of goods
C) a decrease in the price in Vietnamese currency of Vietnamese goods
D) All of the above are correct.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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A Japanese firm buys lumber from the United States and pays for it with yen. Other things the same, Japanese


A) net exports increase, and U.S. net capital outflow increases.
B) net exports increase, and U.S. net capital outflow decreases.
C) net exports decrease, and U.S. net capital outflow increases.
D) net exports decrease, and U.S. net capital outflow decreases.

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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For an economy as a whole, net exports must equal minus one times net capital outflow.

A) True
B) False

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If over the next year the price level in Turkey increases and the price level in Japan falls, then the Turkish lira should depreciate relative to the Japanese Yen.

A) True
B) False

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Other things the same, an increase in the foreign price level leads to an increase in the real exchange rate.

A) True
B) False

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According to the theory of purchasing-power parity, the nominal exchange rate between two countries must reflect the differing


A) price levels in those countries.
B) resource endowments in those countries.
C) income levels in those countries.
D) standards of living between those countries.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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