Which of the following can help to explain why higher inflation may lead to currency appreciations?
A) The interest rate is not the prime target of monetary policy.
B) Most central banks adjust their policy interest rates expressly so as to keep inflation in check.
C) Central banks increase the money supply leading to overshooting of the exchange rate.
D) Inflation will increase the purchasing power of a currency.
E) The world market does not adjust their currency trade to reflect inflation.
B
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One problem with the ripple effect from the Fed's monetary policy is
A) the fact that the monetary policy transmission process is long and drawn out. B) that changing the Federal funds target rate seldom has an effect on the markets for reserves and loanable funds. C) the frequent misalignment of the spread between the Federal funds rate and the Federal funds rate target. D) that the Fed's policy sometimes has a large impact on potential GDP as well as its usual impact on aggregate demand. E) the tight relationship between that the Federal funds rate has to aggregate spending.
In a coordination game, a Nash equilibrium occurs when
a. each player ignores the strategy of the other player b. each player chooses no strategy, but maintains the status quo c. each player chooses the same strategy d. one player can improve the outcome by changing strategy e. None of the answers is correct.