In September 2010, the finance minister of ________ declared that the world was "in the midst of an international currency war" because of rapid appreciation in the value of the country's currency, the ________
A) England; pound sterling
B) Germany; euro
C) Japan; yen
D) China; renminbi
E) Brazil; Real
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After a time Intel decided to disable the coprocessor on large numbers of their chips before sending them out for shipment and sale. What could have been the motive of Intel to deliberately reduce the quality of some of its chips?
The receiver of a message is the __________ or audience
a. Communicator b. Sender c. Destination d. Channel
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a. the ratio of public debt to GDP exceeds 90 percent for at least five years in a row. b. the ratio of public debt to GDP exceeds 50 percent for at least two years in a row. c. the growth rate of population falls for at least five years in a row d. the rate of inflation is below 4 percent for at least two years in a row. e. the growth rate of real interest rates falls for at least five years in a row.
Why do the European countries like France, Germany, Italy and Spain have higher unemployment rates than other industrialized nations?
a. Low interest rate and low capital formation b. Minimum wages are lower in these European countries compared to the other industrialized nations c. Trade unions are not so prominent in these European countries d. Stringent policies adopted by the governments of these nations against the termination of workers by firms e. Nominal wages are more flexible in these nations compared to the other industrialized nations