Suppose That the U

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Multiple Choice

Suppose that the U.S. interest rate is 5 percent and the Japanese interest rate is 1 percent. The effect of this difference in the foreign exchange market is that

• A) financial capital stops moving.
• B) a Japanese investor is guaranteed to make an additional 4 percent in yen terms by investing in the United States.
• C) investors expect the yen to appreciate against the dollar.
• D) investors expect the yen to depreciate against the dollar.

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