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Money, Banking, and Financial Markets Practice Test: The Foreign Exchange Market
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The foreign exchange market, or forex market, is a decentralized market that allows traders to buy and sell currencies to profit from changes in exchange rates. The market's basic function is to transfer currencies between countries to settle payments, and it also offers short-term loans to people or businesses.  Here are some basics of the forex market: Currency pairs: The first currency stated is the base currency, while the second currency is the quote currency. The base currency determines the value of the quote currency and affects the overall profitability of a trade. Leverage: This... Show more
Money, Banking, and Financial Markets Practice Test: The Foreign Exchange Market
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1. ________ in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to shift to the left and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
2. If the 2005 inflation rate in Canada is 4 percent, and the inflation rate in Mexico is 2 percent, then the theory of purchasing power parity predicts that, during 2005, the value of the Canadian dollar in terms of Mexican pesos will
3. A decrease in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to shift to the ________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
4. ________ in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to depreciate, everything else held constant.
5. On January 25, 2009, one U.S. dollar traded on the foreign exchange market for about 1.15 Swiss francs. Therefore, one Swiss franc would have purchased about ________ U.S. dollars.
6. A decrease in the domestic interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
7. If the U.S. dollar appreciates from 1.25 Swiss franc per U.S. dollar to 1.5 francs per dollar, then the franc depreciates from ________ U.S. dollars per franc to ________ U.S. dollars per franc.
8. Today 1 euro can be purchased for $1.10. This is the
9. An increase in the domestic interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
10. A decrease in the domestic interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to shift to the________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
11. In an agreement to exchange dollars for euros in three months at a price of $0.90 per euro, the price is the
12. Evidence from the United States during the period 1973-2002 indicates that the value of the dollar and the measure of the ________ interest rate rose and fell together.
13. ________ in the domestic interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to increase and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
14. The theory of asset demand suggests that the most important factor affecting the demand for domestic and foreign assets is the ________ on these assets relative to one another.
15. If the British pound appreciates from $0.50 per pound to $0.75 per pound, the U.S. dollar depreciates from ________ per dollar to ________ per dollar.
16. When the exchange rate for the Mexican peso changes from 10 pesos to the U.S dollar to 9 pesos to the U.S. dollar, then the Mexican peso has ________ and the U.S. dollar has ________.
17. ________ in the domestic interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to shift to the________ and the domestic currency to depreciate, everything else held constant.
18. When the value of the dollar changes from £0.5 to £0.75, then the British pound has ________ and the U.S. dollar has ________.
19. ________ in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to decrease and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
20. The theory of PPP suggests that if one countryʹs price level rises relative to anotherʹs, its currency should
21. An increase in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
22. An increase in the foreign interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to shift to the________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
23. Everything else held constant, when the current value of the domestic currency increases, the________ domestic assets ________.
24. The exchange rate is
25. Everything else held constant, if a factor decreases the demand for ________ goods relative to________ goods, the domestic currency will depreciate.