According to the Fisher effect, if a lender and a borrower would agree on an interest rate of 8 percent when no inflation is expected, they should set a rate of _______ when an inflation rate of 3 percent is expected

Because of international time lags between ordering and the receipt of goods, a depreciation of a currency:

a. will not change import or export volumes for a time, since prices on orders already placed cannot be renegotiated. b. will immediately change import and export volumes, because buyers and sellers always include an opt-out clause. c. will affect import and export volumes in third countries not party to the particular transaction. d. will never change import or export volumes.

Fiscal policy refers to changes in

A) the money supply and interest rates that are intended to achieve macroeconomic policy objectives. B) federal taxes and purchases that are intended to fund the war on terrorism. C) state and local taxes and purchases that are intended to achieve macroeconomic policy objectives. D) federal taxes and purchases that are intended to achieve macroeconomic policy objectives.