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Chapter 24 Multiple Choice Questions
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Chapter 24 Multiple Choice Questions
Economic growth and the economic cycle
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If the value of the pound in other currencies is strong, then other things being equal:
The price of UK products abroad in foreign currency will fall
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The price of UK products abroad in foreign currency will rise
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The price of UK products in the UK will rise
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The price of UK products in the UK will fall
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If the value of the pound in terms of other currencies rises:
The spending on UK exports in pounds must rise
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The spending on UK exports in foreign currency will rise if demand is price elastic
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The demand for UK exports will rise
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The spending on UK exports in foreign currency will fall if demand for UK exports is price elastic
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The supply of pounds to the currency market will be upward sloping if:
The demand for UK exports is price elastic
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The demand for UK exports is price inelastic
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The demand for imports into the UK is price elastic
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The demand for imports into the UK is price inelastic
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A fall in the value of the pound is likely to decrease spending on imports if:
The price elasticity of demand for imports is price elastic
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The price elasticity of demand for imports is price inelastic
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The price elasticity of demand for imports has a unit price elasticity
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The price elasticity of demand for exports is price elastic
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If the exchange rate is above the equilibrium level then in a floating exchange rate system:
There is excess demand and the exchange rate should fall
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There is excess supply and the exchange rate should fall
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There is excess demand and the exchange rate should rise
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There is excess supply and the exchange rate should rise
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If the exchange rate is below the equilibrium level then in a floating exchange rate system:
There is excess demand and the exchange rate should fall
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incorrect
There is excess supply and the exchange rate should fall
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incorrect
There is excess demand and the exchange rate should rise
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incorrect
There is excess supply and the exchange rate should rise
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incorrect
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To prevent the external value of its currency rising the government could:
Sell its own currency
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Increase interest rates
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Buy its own currency
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Sell foreign currency
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A depreciation of a currency occurs when:
The value of the currency falls
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The value of the currency increases
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Inflation falls
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The balance of payments improves
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An appreciation of the currency is likely to occur if:
Domestic interest rates fall
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There is an increase in demand for imports
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There is an increase in demand for exports
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There is an increase in the balance of payments deficit
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A fall in the external value of a currency:
May cause an outward shift in the demand for the currency
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May cause an inward shift in the supply for the currency
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May lead to a movement along the demand curve for a currency
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May be due to an increase in demand for the country's exports
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Common arguments in favour of globalization do
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usually include:
Greater inequality
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Boost world economic growth
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Shares technology
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Greater access for consumers to wider range of products
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Free trade is based on the principle of:
Comparative advantage
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Comparative scale
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Economies of advantage
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Production possibility advantage
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