An international organization created at the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 that helps coordinate international financial flows and can arrange short-term loans between countries is called? the:
A) World Bank.
B) International Monetary Fund.
C) U.S. Treasury.
D) U.S. Agency for International Development.
Ans: B) International Monetary Fund.
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Which of the following statements is true?
A) If both demand and supply increase, there must be an increase in equilibrium price; equilibrium quantity may either increase or decrease. B) A decrease in demand causes equilibrium price to fall; the decrease in price then results in a decrease in quantity supplied. C) A decrease in demand causes a decrease in equilibrium price; the decrease in price causes supply to decrease. D) If demand decreases and supply increases one cannot determine if equilibrium price will increase or decrease without knowing which change is greater.
The difference between Gross National Product and Net National Product is the
a. rate of inflation. b. statistical discrepancy encountered in calculating GDP. c. difference between real versus nominal GDP. d. depreciation of the economy's capital stock.
Which of the following would tend to shift the supply of dollars in the market for foreign-currency exchange in the open-economy macroeconomic model to the right?
a. the exchange rate rises b. the exchange rate falls c. the expected rate of return on U.S. assets rises d. the expected rate of return on U.S. assets falls
Suppose that Japan and India are both engaged in the production of radios and rice, and that Japan has an absolute advantage in the production of both goods. If India has a lower opportunity cost for producing rice, then
A. India has a comparative advantage in the production of rice, but it is outweighed by Japan's absolute advantage in rice production. B. India has a comparative advantage in rice production, but there will be no gains from specialization and trade. C. Japan has a comparative advantage in the production of both goods. D. India has a comparative advantage in the production of rice, and specialization and trade between the two countries can be mutually beneficial.