Discuss the effects of the reunification of eastern and western Germany in 1990 on both Germany and its neighboring European countries
What will be an ideal response?
Germany: boom, high interest rates to fight inflation. Other European countries: France, Italy and UK in recession, trying to match the high German interest rates to hold their currencies fixed against Germany's, thereby pushing their economies into deep recession. Other European countries tried to continue the fixed exchange rate in order not to lose the credibility they had build up since 1985. The policy conflict between Germany and the other European countries led to a series of fierce speculative attacks on the EMS exchange parities starting in September 1992. By august 1993, the EMS was forced to retreat to very wide (± 10 percent) bands, which is kept in force until the introduction of the euro in 1993.
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Refer to Table 8-32. The table above represents hypothetical data from the National Income Accounts for 2015. Use the data to calculate personal income and disposable income
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following would decrease net exports in the United States?
A) A Mexican citizen purchases 100 shares of stock in IBM. B) The U.S. government donates $25 million to Mexico to help victims of a hurricane in Mexico. C) An American party planner purchases 350 piñatas from Mexico. D) The government of Mexico purchases 2,000 Dell laptop computers from the United States.
If Switzerland chooses to engage in trade, it
a. will only benefit if it trades with countries that produce goods Switzerland cannot produce. b. cannot benefit if it trades with less developed countries. c. should first attempt to produce the good itself. d. can benefit by trading with any other country.
Which of the following arguments do the following graphs best support in the context of a skill-biased technical change?
a. The efficiency wage model is correct.
b. A minimum wage increases unemployment.
c. Greater productivity leads to higher wages.
d. Unemployment insurance increases unemployment.