A speculator who feels strongly that short rates will be falling over the next few years might want to be a __________ payer in a swap contract; if he is wrong there is __________ downside risk
A) fixed-rate; no
B) fixed-rate; considerable
C) floating-rate; no
D) floating-rate; considerable
D
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The annual cost of producing the entire output of goods and services in the economy
A) includes durable goods but excludes nondurable goods. B) is total income. C) can be calculated entirely on the basis of financial transactions. D) includes financial transactions.
Open-market operations have their initial effect on bank
A. lending. B. reserves. C. profits. D. revenues.
Which of the following is TRUE?
A) Russia is more dependent of international trade than Brazil. B) Exports and imports are rising more slowly than GDP in the BRIC countries. C) China was the last of the BRICs to start economic reforms. D) All of the BRIC countries had to transition from socialist or communist systems.
The Policy Trilemma states that a country or a monetary union can't pursue the following three policies at the same time
A) capital control, a fixed exchange rate, and an independent monetary policy. B) free capital mobility, a fixed exchange rate, and an independent monetary policy. C) free capital mobility, a flexible exchange rate, and an independent monetary policy. D) capital control, a flexible exchange rate, and an independent monetary policy.