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Economics 101 Practice Test: Open-Economy Macroeconomics
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Open-economy macroeconomics is the study of an economy that interacts with other countries through various methods.  In an open economy, trading activity takes place between all countries. This means that it allows the buying and selling of goods and securities from neighboring countries.  Here are some things that an open economy can do: Trade in commodities and services, Purchase financial assets, Pick where to locate manufacturing plants, and Pick where to work.  An open economy interacts with other countries in two ways: It buys and sells goods and services in world product... Show more
Economics 101 Practice Test: Open-Economy Macroeconomics
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1. If the nominal exchange rate e is foreign currency per dollar, the domestic price is P, and the foreign price is P*, the real exchange rate is defined as
2. If a U.S. shirtmaker purchases cotton from Egypt, U.S. net exports
3. If the exchange rate changes from 30 Thai bhat per dollar to 45 Thai bhat per dollar, the dollar has
4. A U.S. firm opens a factory that produces camping equipment in Albania, by itself
5. Which of the following would be inconsistent with purchasing-power parity?
6. In 1999 Morocco exported $5.9 billion of goods and services and imported $8.4 billion. Morocco had a trade balance of about
7. A depreciation of the U.S. real exchange rate induces U.S. consumers to buy
8. If a country has business opportunities that are relatively attractive compared to other countries, we would expect it to have
9. Suppose that the exchange rate is 50 Bangladesh taka per dollar, that a bushel of rice costs 200 taka in Bangladesh and $3 in the United States. Then the real exchange rate is
10. During the twenty years or so before this text was written the United States had
11. Suppose that the real return from operating factories in Ghana decreases relative to the real rate of return in the United States. Other things the same,
12. Consider the following two actions. 1. Kohl’s, a U.S. department store chain, builds new stores in Sweden. 2. Rudy, a U.S. citizen, buys newly issued bonds from Campmore.com who uses the money to build additional warehouse space in the United States.
13. If P = domestic prices, P* = foreign prices, and e is the exchange rate, which of the following is implied by purchasing-power parity?
14. In which of the following situations must national saving rise?
15. Suppose that a ton of coal costs 1500 British pounds in the UK and $2000 in the United States. If the nominal exchange rate is .75 British pounds per dollar, the real exchange rate is
16. Paul, a U.S. citizen, opens a textbook company in Brazil. His expenditures
17. Which of the following is true?
18. A U.S. computer maker sells computers to a German firm. The U.S. company uses all of the revenues from this sale to purchase automobiles from German firms. These transactions
19. While making investment decisions, investors
20. Brazil buys railroad engines from a U.S. firm and pays for them with bolivianos (Bolivian currency). By itself this transaction
21. Net exports of a country are the value of goods
22. In late 1999 you could purchase about 325 Greek drachma (Greek currency) for a dollar. In late 2000 you could purchase about 400 drachma for a dollar. These exchange rates are given in
23. U.S. imports account for about what percentage of GDP?
24. Which of the following does purchasing-power parity imply?
25. Brad, a U.S. resident, builds and operates a boxing gym in Thailand. The purchase represents