The Big Mac Index suggests that exchange rates should leave Big Mac hamburgers costing the same in the United States as abroad.
a. true
b. false
a. true
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One point on a PPF shows production levels at 50 tons of coffee and 100 tons of bananas. Remaining on the PPF, an increase of banana production to 140 tons shows coffee production at 30 tons
Still remaining on the PPF, coffee production at 10 tons allows banana production at 160 tons. The opportunity cost of a ton of bananas is A) constant because coffee production decreased by the same amount each time. B) decreasing, since the increase in banana production is less at each point considered. C) 16 to 1, that is every 1 ton of coffee given up will result in 16 more tons of bananas. D) increasing from 1/2 ton of coffee per ton of bananas to 1 ton of coffee per ton of bananas.
In a fixed exchange rate system, the center country, to whose currency the other countries peg their exchange rate, will:
A) find it difficult to conduct autonomous monetary policy. B) find it difficult to conduct autonomous fiscal policy. C) easily implement monetary and fiscal policy to suit its economy. D) defer to advice from other countries in conducting its domestic policy.
Suppose that you have noticed that almost all of the car dealers in your city are located along a three-block stretch of the same street. A likely reason for this clustering of car dealers is that:
A. there is a social norm in that city that dealers follow in choosing location. B. each dealer is attempting to locate closest to the customers. C. each dealer sells a different brand of car, so they are not competitors and do not have to be concerned about the other dealers' locations. D. the dealers are better able to form a cartel.
Arrange the following topics into lists of microeconomic and macroeconomic topics: - wages of textile workers - cost of producing 10,000 bookcases - the economy's annual growth rate - national demand for fish - the unemployment rate - the gold futures market - money supply - projected inflation rate next year
A. Microeconomics: wages of textile workers, the unemployment rate, cost of producing 10,000 bookcases, the gold futures marketMacroeconomics: the economy's annual growth rate, money supply, national demand for fish, projected inflation rate next year B. Microeconomics: wages of textile workers, cost of producing 10,000 bookcases, the economy's annual growth rate, unemployment rateMacroeconomics: national demand for fish, the gold futures market, money supply, projected inflation rate next year C. Microeconomics: wages of textile workers, cost of producing 10,000 bookcases, the gold futures market, national demand for fishMacroeconomics: the economy's annual growth rate, the unemployment rate, money supply, projected inflation rate next year D. Microeconomics: the economy's annual growth rate, the unemployment rate, money supply, projected inflation rate next yearMacroeconomics: wages of textile workers, cost of producing 10,000 bookcases, the gold futures market, national demand for fish