Which of the following is not an autonomous determinant of consumption expenditures?

The exchange rate between currencies depends on

A) the interest rate that can be earned on deposits of those currencies. B) the interest rate that can be earned on deposits of those currencies and the expected future exchange rate. C) the expected future exchange rate. D) national output. E) the interest rate that can be earned on deposits of those countries and the national output.

The experience of the HPAEs has brought attention to predictions about income inequality made by Kuznets. He predicted that at first income inequality would ________ as economies began to develop. In the HPAEs experience it ________

A) rise; rose B) decrease; decreased C) rise; fell D) fall; rose E) There was no pattern.