When a country has a current account deficit, the country

A) is borrowing from abroad.
B) is lending abroad.
C) must have a government budget surplus.
D) must have a government budget deficit.

A

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A) fixed-rate; no B) fixed-rate; considerable C) floating-rate; no D) floating-rate; considerable

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According to purchasing-power parity, if the price of a basket of goods in the U.S. rose from $2,000 to $2,104 and the price of the same basket of goods rose from 800 units to 832 units of some other country's currency, then the

a. nominal exchange rate would appreciate. b. nominal exchange rate would depreciate. c. real exchange rate would appreciate. d. real exchange rate would depreciate.

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