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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. 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.
2. When the exchange rate for the British pound changes from $1.80 per pound to $1.60 per pound, then, holding everything else constant, the pound has ________ and ________ expensive.
3. 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.
4. A decrease in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
5. If, in retaliation for ʺunfairʺ trade practices, Congress imposes a 30 percent tariff on JapaneseDVD recorders, but at the same time, U.S. demand for Japanese goods increases, then, in the long run, ________, everything else held constant
6. ________ in the foreign interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to depreciate, everything else held constant.
7. Suppose that the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) release shows a higher inflation rate in the U.S. than was expected. Everything else held constant, the release of the CPI report would immediately cause the demand for U.S. assets to ________ and the U.S. dollar would ________.
8. A decrease in the foreign interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
9. 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.
10. ________ in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to ________ and the domestic currency to depreciate, everything else held constant.
11. When the value of the British pound changes from $1.25 to $1.50, the pound has ________ and the U.S. dollar has ________.
12. 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
13. ________ in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to increase and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
14. 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.
15. Suppose that the Federal Reserve conducts an open market sale. Everything else held constant, this will cause the demand for U.S. assets to ________ and the U.S. dollar will ________.
16. ________ in the domestic interest rate causes the demand for domestic assets to shift to the right and the domestic currency to ________, everything else held constant.
17. In an agreement to exchange dollars for euros in three months at a price of $0.90 per euro, the price is the
18. 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.
19. An agreement to exchange dollar bank deposits for euro bank deposits in one month is a
20. The exchange rate is
21. On January 25, 2009, one U.S. dollar traded on the foreign exchange market for about 3.33 Romanian new lei. Therefore, one Romanian new lei would have purchased about ________ U.S. dollars.
22. ________ in the expected future domestic exchange rate causes the demand for domestic assets to shift to the ________ and the domestic currency to appreciate, everything else held constant.
23. Suppose a report was released today that showed the Euro-Zone inflation rate is running above the European Central Bankʹs inflation rate target. This leads people to expect that the EuropeanCentral Bank will enact contractionary policy in the near future. Everything else held constant, the release of this report would immediately cause the demand for U.S. assets to ________ and the U.S. dollar will ________.
24. According to the law of one price, if the price of Colombian coffee is 100 Colombian pesos per pound and the price of Brazilian coffee is 4 Brazilian reals per pound, then the exchange rate between the Colombian peso and the Brazilian real is:
25. Money neutrality means that in the long run the domestic interest rate remains unchanged from an increase in the money supply, implying that the fall in the exchange rate is greater in the________ run than in the ________ run, a phenomenon called exchange rate overshooting.