If the Japanese government enters the foreign exchange market and sells yen to maintain a specific exchange rate with the dollar, the dollar will ________ and the yen will ________

A) depreciate; depreciate B) depreciate; appreciate
C) appreciate; depreciate D) appreciate; appreciate


C

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China's prosperity brings income gap The Asian Development Bank [ADB] reports that China has the largest gap between the rich and the poor in Asia

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Monopolistic competition is characterized by firms:

A. producing at optimal productive efficiency. B. making economic profits in the long run. C. producing where price equals marginal cost. D. producing differentiated products.

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Firms will employ an input up to the point where

A. the input's price equals its marginal product. B. its marginal cost equals its marginal product. C. the input's price equals its marginal revenue product. D. the wage rate equals the productivity of capital.

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