Which of the Following Would Not Be a Consequence of an Increase

question 371

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would not be a consequence of an increase in the U.S. government budget deficit?

• A)The U.S. trade balance rises.
• B)The U.S. interest rate rises.
• C)Domestic investment in the U.S. falls.
• D)The real exchange rate of the U.S. dollar appreciates.

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Definitions:

Function Morpheme

A morpheme that, while adding such content as time, mode, individuation, and evidentiality, also serves a grammatical purpose (e.g., the suffixes -s and -er, or the connecting words and or if).

Content Morpheme

A morpheme that carries the main semantic and referential content of a sentence. In English content morphemes are usually nouns, verbs, adjectives, or adverbs.

Content Phoneme

The smallest unit of sound that can change the meaning of a word, emphasizing the informational component of speech sounds.

Verb Phrase

A grammatical structure consisting of a verb and its auxiliaries, expressing an action or a state of being.