A 150% return in Belarus is higher than a 15% dollar return in the U.S. A) because arbitrage opportunities exist. B) when the inflation controls are suspended in Belarus. C) it depends on whether these are nominal or real returns. D) regardless of nominal or real returns. ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 19th, 2020
What is the name of the expression that refers to the costs that a firm incurs in changing its prices? A) fixed costs B) variable costs C) cost-base pricing D) menu costs ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 19th, 2020
What is more appropriate to use when attempting to find information about the purchasing power of a currency? A) the spot exchange rate B) the forward rate C) the price levels D) the price indexes ANSWER Answer: C
Date: September 19th, 2020
When the external purchasing power or a currency is greater than the internal purchasing power, the currency is said to be ________. A) overvalued B) undervalued C) at parity D) in arbitrage ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 19th, 2020
If people expect that their future purchasing power will decline, what will happen to the exchange rate today? What will be an ideal response? ANSWER Answer: Typically, when people think that the purchasing power of a money is going to decline in the future, due to higher expected inflation, they try to sell […]
Date: September 19th, 2020
________ float results from the lapse between the time when a firm deducts a payment from its checking account ledger and the time when funds are actually withdrawn from its account. A) Mail B) Processing C) Collection D) Disbursement ANSWER D
Date: September 19th, 2020
________ involves the strategic use of mailing points and bank accounts to lengthen mail and clearing floats. A) A direct send B) Concentration banking C) A lockbox D) Controlled disbursing ANSWER D
Date: September 19th, 2020
A ________ is an unsigned check drawn on one of a firm’s bank accounts and deposited into its account at another bank. A) direct send B) wire transfer C) depository transfer check D) preauthorized check ANSWER C
Date: September 19th, 2020
When the price of one commodity is the same wherever in the world the good is being sold when denominated in a particular currency, it is said the Law of ________ prevails. A) currency supply B) currency demand C) purchasing power parity D) one price ANSWER Answer: D
Date: September 19th, 2020
Which one of the following reasons for violations of the Law of One Price is the most obvious? A) tariffs on imports B) banking rules C) industrial policies D) exchange rate controls ANSWER Answer: A
Date: September 19th, 2020
