The Expectation of Future Devaluation Causes a Balance of Payments

question 28

Multiple Choice

The expectation of future devaluation causes a balance of payments crisis marked by

• A) a sharp rise in reserves and a fall in the home interest rate below the world interest rate.
• B) a sharp fall in reserves and an even bigger fall in the home interest rate below the world interest rate.
• C) a sharp fall in reserves and a rise in the home interest rate above the world interest rate.
• D) a sharp rise in reserves and an even greater rise in the home interest rate above the world interest.
• E) a sharp rise in reserves and a rise in the home interest rate to the level of the world interest.

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Definitions:

Scheduled Payments

Regular, often monthly, payments agreed upon to repay a loan over a certain period of time.

Rate of Return

The net gain or loss of an investment over a specified period, expressed as a percentage of the investment's initial cost.

Compounded Monthly

The process in which interest earned on an investment is added to the principal balance, and then future interest accrual includes the increased balance, recalculated on a monthly basis.

Total Interest Earned

The cumulative amount of interest received from an investment, loan, or savings account, over a particular period.