What determines the interest rate in a small open economy?
What will be an ideal response?
The world real interest rate is determined by the aggregate supply of saving and demand for investment in the international capital market. Changes in domestic saving or investment in a small open economy do not affect the interest rate.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Under a fixed exchange rate regime, if the domestic currency is initially undervalued, that is, above par, the central bank must intervene to sell the ________ currency by purchasing ________ assets
A) domestic; foreign B) domestic; domestic C) foreign; foreign D) foreign; domestic
Suppose that a small business takes in monthly revenue of $200,000 . Labor, rental, energy, and other purchased input costs come to a total of $170,000 . The owner/entrepreneur's monthly opportunity cost of her time invested in the business is $5,000 (this is what she could earn working elsewhere), and the owner/entrepreneur could get a return of $5,000 each month if she sold her business and
invested the net proceeds in a financial asset such as a treasury bond. Which of the following correctly describes her monthly economic profit? a. $200,000 b. $190,000 c. $30,000 d. $20,000
Refer to the above table. Suppose the firm hires 4 workers and the price of the good sold is $4. The marginal factor cost of labor must be
A) $4. B) $150. C) $3080. D) $600.