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Question
In the long run, a rise in a country's price level (relative to the foreign price level) causes its currency to ________, while a fall in the country's relative price level causes its currency to ________.A. appreciate; appreciate
B. appreciate; depreciate
C. depreciate; appreciate
D. depreciate; depreciate
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A. exceeds; rise; right
B. exceeds; fall; left
C. remains below; fall; right
D. remains below; rise; left
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An increase in the money ________ shifts the LM curve to the ________, causing the interest rate to fall and output to rise, everything else held constant.
A. demand; right
B. demand; left
C. supply; right
D. supply; left
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A policy in which the money supply is kept growing at a constant rate regardless of the state of the economy is
A. a Taylor rule.
B. a discretionary policy.
C. a policy rule advocated by monetarists.
D. advocated by activists.
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A. the monetarist revolution.
B. the Lucas critique.
C. public choice theory.
D. new Keynesian theory.
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The Lucas critique indicates that
A. advocates of discretionary policies' criticisms of rational expectations models are well-founded.
B. advocates of discretionary policies' criticisms of rational expectations models are not well-founded.
C. expectations are important in determining the outcome of a discretionary policy.
D. expectations are not important in determining the outcome of a discretionary policy.
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A. causes an upward movement along the monetary policy curve.
B. causes a downward movement along the monetary policy curve.
C. shifts the monetary policy curve upward.
D. shifts the monetary policy curve downward.
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A. the federal funds rate.
B. the primary credit rate.
C. the secondary credit rate.
D. an average of the federal funds rate and rates on certificates of deposits.
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A. borrowers; depositors
B. banks; depositors
C. depositors; borrowers
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A. deposits; smaller
B. deposits; larger
C. currency; smaller
D. currency; larger
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A. primary credit.
B. secondary credit.
C. seasonal credit.
D. federal funds.
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A. $1,000.
B. $5,000.
C. $8,000.
D. $9,000.
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Which of the followings is NOT a current duty of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System?
A. setting margin requirements, the fraction of the purchase price of the securities that has to be paid for with cash
B. setting the maximum interest rates payable on certain types of time deposits under Regulation Q
C. approving the discount rate "established" by the Federal Reserve banks
D. voting on the conduct of open market operations
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While the discount rate is "established" by the regional Federal Reserve Banks, in truth, the rate is determined by
A. Congress.
B. the president of the United States.
C. the Senate.
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A. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
B. Global Legal Settlement of 2002
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B. Increased penalties for white-collar crime and obstruction of official investigations.
C. Requires a CEO and CFO to certify that periodic financial statements and disclosure of the firm are accurate.
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A. supply; fall
B. supply; rise
C. demand; fall
D. demand; rise
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A. supply; fall
B. supply; rise
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A. IS; upward
B. IS; downward
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A. increases the value of the dollar, net exports, and equilibrium output.
B. increases the value of the dollar, reducing net exports and equilibrium output.
C. reduces the value of the dollar, net exports, and equilibrium output.
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A. ineffective screening of borrowers.
B. limits on risk-taking.
C. lax government supervision of banks.
D. lenders failure to monitor borrowers.
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A. shocks to the money supply.
B. interest rate shocks.
C. Federal Reserve policy decisions.
D. shocks to tastes and technology.
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In a study published in 1963, Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz found that in every business cycle they studied over nearly a hundred-year period
A. the growth rate of the money supply decreased before output decreased.
B. interest rates decreased before output decreased.
C. the growth rate of federal government spending decreased before output decreased.
D. the growth rate of state and local government spending decreased before output decreased.
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A. rose to unprecedentedly high levels.
B. rose only slightly above the long-run trend.
C. fell to unprecedentedly low levels.
D. fell only slightly below the long-run trend.
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A. reverse causation is a problem.
B. structural models may understate money's effect on economic activity.
C. money supply changes are always endogenous.
D. monetary policy affects only investment spending.
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A. nominal interest rates; investment spending
B. real interest rates; investment spending
C. money supply; aggregate output
D. investment spending; aggregate output
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To lower interest rates on residential mortgages to stimulate the housing market, the Fed extended its open market operations to purchase
A. mortgage-backed securities.
B. commercial papers.
C. long-term Treasuries.
D. Treasury bills and Treasury notes.
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The facility that was created in December of 2007 that banks can use to borrow from the Fed that has less of a stigma for banks compared to borrowing from the discount window is the
A. Term Securities Lending Facility.
B. Term Auction Facility.
C. Primary Dealer Credit Facility.
D. Commercial Paper Funding Facility.
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When the Fed wants to raise interest rates after banks have accumulated large amounts of excess reserves, it would
A. increase the interest rate paid on excess reserves.
B. increase discount rate.
C. increase the required reserve ratio.
D. conduct massive open market purchase.
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A. reserve requirements; monetary base
B. reserve requirements; money multiplier
C. margin requirements; monetary base
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