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____     6.   The creation of new bank reserves could lead to a multiple increase in the money supply.

____     8.   Contractionary monetary policy shifts the reserve supply schedule inward.

____   14.   Labor is defined as cheap only if its productivity is very low.

____   15.   There are at least three exchange rates between every pair of national currencies.

____   16.   If the price of the dollar changes from 100 Japanese yen to 120 Japanese yen, the dollar has depreciated.

____   17.   When a government intentionally lowers the value of its currency, that is called depreciation.

____   18.   Stock in a German corporation can be purchased directly with currency from any other country.

____   19.   The price of a currency will decrease when quantity demanded is less than quantity supplied.

____   20.   Inflation plays a major role in determining whether a currency is appreciating or depreciating.

____   21.   The Big Mac index uses prices of a common item to predict long-run changes in exchange rates.

____   22.   Interest rate differentials can cause rapid fluctuations in short-run exchange rates.

____   23.   When a government influences the exchange rate of its currency, it is said to be practicing "dirty floating."

____   24.   The currency of the European Union, the euro, was established as part of the Bretton Woods agreements.

____   25.   An increase in the U.S. price level will increase U.S. net exports.

____   26.   An exchange rate appreciation will shift the aggregate demand curve inward.

____   27.   A depreciation of the U.S. dollar has the same effect on aggregate supply as an increase in foreign prices.

____   28.   A depreciation of the dollar will cause an increase in the Consumer Price Index.

____   30.   A currency depreciation is usually inflationary.

Explanation / Answer

6T

8.T

14.F

15.F

16.F

17.F (DEVALUATION)

18.F

19.F

20.T

21.T

22.T

23.F

24.F

25.F

26.T

27.T

28.T

30.T