The three main factors of production, or categories of inputs, used by firms to produce goods and services are
land, labor, and capital.
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In order to bring about a real depreciation of the dollar, the U.S. can hope for
A) a rise in the U.S. price level. B) a fall in foreign price levels. C) a rise in the dollar's nominal value in terms of foreign currencies. D) a rise in foreign price levels or a fall in the dollar's nominal value in terms of foreign currencies. E) increased output and full employment.
Other things constant, an increase in the expected inflation rate will
a. decrease the inflationary premium. b. increase money (nominal) interest rates. c. increase the supply of loanable funds. d. decrease the money interest rate.
If the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Indian rupee (rupees per dollar) is greater than the relative purchasing power between the two countries, which of the following would be true?
A) There are opportunities for profit by purchasing goods in India and then selling them in the United States. B) Purchasing power parity predicts that the value of the dollar will rise as traders take advantage of arbitrage opportunities. C) There are no arbitrage opportunities for which traders can take advantage. D) Purchasing power parity predicts that the dollar is undervalued as traders take advantage of arbitrage opportunities.
According to the permanent-income hypothesis, a permanent increase in a person's income will
A) increase consumption more than savings. B) increase savings more than consumption. C) be smoothed out to where the increases in consumption and savings are roughly equal. D) have the same effect on consumption as a transitory increase in income.