What is a cartel?
What will be an ideal response?
A cartel is a group of firms acting together to limit output, raise price and increase economic profit. Cartels are illegal in the United States. Cartels operate in a market structure with oligopolies. If firms can stick to the cartel agreement, the firms can earn an economic profit. However, cartels tend to break down because firms are tempted to cheat on their cartel partners and increase their own profit at the expense of their partners.
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If the nominal interest rate in an economy is 6% and the inflation rate in the economy is 10%, then the real interest rate is:
A) -6%. B) 10%. C) 6%. D) -4%.
If the yen to dollar exchange rate is 115, the U.S. price index is 140, and the Japanese price index is 165, what is the U.S. real exchange rate?
A) 74.52 B) 97.58 C) 135.55 D) 200.87