How were exchange rates determined under the gold standard? How did the Bretton Woods system differ from the gold standard?
What will be an ideal response?
Under the gold standard, exchange rates were determined by the relative amounts of gold in each country's currency. Both the gold standard and Bretton Woods systems were fixed exchange rate systems, but people were able to redeem paper currency for gold domestically only under the gold standard.
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A) an increase in wages as a result of higher expected inflation B) the arrival of immigrants seeking employment C) the decline in autonomous spending that results from rising unemployment D) all of the above E) none of the above
Firms tend to lower the price of their goods after acquiring a firm that sells a complementary good because
a. They gain market power b. There is an increase in the overall demand for their products c. The bundle has a more elastic demand than individual goods d. The bundle has a more inelastic demand than individual goods