According to Purchasing-Power Parity,if the Price of a Basket of Goods

question 36

Multiple Choice

According to purchasing-power parity,if the price of a basket of goods in the U.S.rose from $2,000 to $2,104 and the price of the same basket of goods rose from 800 units to 832 units of some other country's currency,then the

• A)nominal exchange rate would appreciate.
• B)nominal exchange rate would depreciate.
• C)real exchange rate would appreciate.
• D)real exchange rate would depreciate.

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Definitions:

Marginal Cost

The elevation in overall cost triggered by assembling an extra unit of a product or service.

Overallocated

The condition of having allocated or committed more resources to a project, task, or item than is available or necessary.

Least-Cost

A method or strategy that involves choosing the option that minimizes the total costs of achieving a particular objective.

Pure Competition

A market structure characterized by a large number of small firms, free entry and exit, and a product that is considered perfectly homogeneous, leading to firms being price takers.