After the former CEO of the Coca-Cola Company began requiring employees to treat the rate of return on shareholder equity as an explicit cost, Coke's profits increased considerably

If the Bank of Japan permanently increases its money supply, then which of the following is most likely to take place in the short run?

a. Japanese prices will immediately decrease. b. Japanese prices will immediately increase. c. Japanese interest rates will increase. d. Japanese interest rates will decrease.

Foreign exchange market intervention refers to:

a. actions taken by speculators to increase profits from trading. b. actions taken to lower currency trading risks and make the markets safer. c. the forgiving of penalties and other punishments for illegal foreign exchange activities. d. government purchases or sales of a nation's own currency in international markets to change or stabilize the value of the currency.