Which of the following is NOT a feature of recent U.S. business cycles?
A) The time series of deviations from trend in real GDP is quite choppy.
B) The time series of deviations from trend in real GDP is quite smooth.
C) There is no regularity to the amplitude of fluctuations in real GDP above trend.
D) There is no regularity to the frequency of fluctuations in real GDP above trend.
B
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A) $10. B) $1,000. C) $100. D) $10,000. Consider an economy that produces only cell phones. In the year 2012, the economy manufactures 275 cell phones, and each cell phone sells at $200. In the year 2013, the economy manufactures 280 cell phones but the price of each cell phone falls to $180.
Assume the interest parity condition holds and that initially i = i*. A reduction in the foreign interest rate (i*) will cause
A) an increase in the demand for the domestic currency. B) an increase in E. C) an expected depreciation of the domestic currency. D) all of the above