Under a Fixed Exchange Rate Regime,if a Central Bank Must

question 15

Multiple Choice

Under a fixed exchange rate regime,if a central bank must intervene to purchase the domestic currency by selling foreign assets,then,like an open market sale,this action ________ the monetary base and the money supply,causing the interest rate on domestic assets to ________.

• A)increases;rise
• B)increases;fall
• C)reduces;rise
• D)reduces;fall

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Definitions:

Variable Expenses

Costs that change in proportion to the level of activity or volume of output produced.

Unit Fixed Expenses

These are expenses that do not change with the level of production or sales within a certain range and are calculated per unit of product.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs - direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overhead - as part of the cost of a finished unit of product.

Variable Costing

A costing method that includes only variable costs—those that change with production volume—in product pricing and decision-making.