ECON 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 25: Foreign Exchange Market, The Foreign Exchange, Canadian Dollar

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Chapter 25 the exchange rate & the balance of payments. Foreign money is just like canadian money. It consists of notes, and coins issued by a central bank and mint and deposits in banks and other depository institutions. Foreign currency is the money of other countries regardless of whether that money is in the form of notes, coins, or bank deposits. The currency of one country is exchanged for the currency of another in the foreign exchange market. The foreign exchange market is made up of: importers and exporters, banks, international investors and speculators, international travellers, and specialist traders called foreign exchange brokers. An exchange rate is the price at which one currency exchanges for another currency in the foreign exchange market. The exchange rate fluctuates: a rise in the exchange rate = an appreciation of the dollar, a fall in the exchange rate = a depreciation of the dollar.

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1. Banks face liquidity risk because

A) they can have difficulty meeting their depositor's demands to withdraw money.

B) they are unable to borrow from the Federal Reserve.

C) households and businesses may seek to borrow a large number of funds in a short period of time.

D) governments tend to run high budget deficits.

2. The original intention of the Fed's role as lender of last resort was to make loans to banks that were

A) not illiquid nor insolvent.

B) illiquid, but not insolvent.

C) insolvent, but not illiquid.

D) both illiquid and insolvent.

3. Why might a nation seek to maintain a pegged exchange rate?

A) It makes business planning easier for firms involved in the global economy.

B) It removes the need to intervene in the foreign exchange market.

C) It ensures that the exchange rate will remain at its equilibrium.

D) It makes their currency more attractive on the foreign exchange market.

4. Suppose a country pegs its currency. If investors start to believe the peg will collapse and the currency is going to depreciate, as the government defends the peg the interest rate will

A) Not move as interest rates must remain constant in a peg

B) Increase to maintain the peg

C) Decrease to maintain the peg

D) It depends on the inflation rate is low or high compared to the country to which the currency is pegged.

5. When the Fed extends loans to depository institutions

A) increases the level of reserves.

B) it decreases the level of reserves.

C) it reduces the total value of the assets on its balance sheet.

D) it reduces the total value of the liabilities on its balance sheet.

6. If the Fed buys securities worth $10 million, then

A) bank reserves will increase by $10 million.

B) bank reserves will decrease by $10 million.

C) currency in circulation will increase by $10 million.

D) bank holdings of securities increased by $10 million.

7. If the Fed purchases $1 million in securities from the nonbank public, the monetary base will rise by $1 million

A) if the public holds the proceeds as currency.

B) if the public deposits the proceeds as checkable deposits.

C) if the public deposits the proceeds with the Treasury in a monetary base account.

D) whether the public holds the proceeds as currency or deposits them as checkable deposits.

8. The aggregate M1 consists of

A) currency plus all deposits in financial institutions.

B) currency plus savings deposits in financial institutions.

C) currency plus checkable deposits in financial institutions.

D) currency.

9. If the Fed purchases $1 million worth of securities and the required reserve ratio is 8%, by how much will deposits increase (assuming no change in excess reserves or the public's currency holdings)?

A) rise by $1 million

B) decline by $1 million

C) rise by $8 million

D) rise by $12.5 million

10. Suppose the required reserve ratio is 8% and the Fed purchases $100 million worth of Treasury bills from Wells Fargo. Suppose Wells Fargo didn't have excess reserves, then by how much is Wells Fargo able to increase its loans?

A) $8 million

B) $92 million

C) $100 million

D) $1.25 billion

11. If banks hold no excess reserves, checkable deposits total $1.5 billion, currency totals $400 million, and the required reserve ratio is 10%, then the monetary base equals

A) $550 million.

B) $1.54 billion.

C) $1.9 billion

D) $15 billion.

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1. The market in which loans are bought and sold is called the:

		loan market.
		money market.
		secondary loan market.
		primary loan market.

2. Which of the following is omitted in a barter transaction?

		trade
		medium of exchange
		store of value
		money

3. If Bill performs plumbing upgrades for Alice in exchange for her incorporating his business, then their _________________________ will be satisfied.

		balance of trade
		double coincidence of wants
		convenience of exchange
		division of labour

4. If loans become far less available, then sectors of the economy that ______________ like business investment, home construction, and car manufacturing can be dealt a crushing blow.

		depend on borrowed money
		typically generate extraordinary gains
		make loans to financial capital markets
		failed to diversify risk

5. Stealth bank has deposits of $600 million. It holds reserves of $30 million and government bonds worth $80 million. If the bank sells its loans at the market value of $400 million, what will its total assets equal?

		$110 million
		$710 million
		$480 million
		$510 million

6. Lance paid $175,000 for his house in 2003 and sold it for $325,000 in 2006. What function did the house serve during the time Lance owned it?

		medium of exchange
		unit of account
		store of value
		unit of exchange

7.Which of the following terms is considered to be a narrow definition of the money supply that includes, among other things, currency?

		savings
		money
		M2
		M1

8. Which of the following institutions determines the quantity of money in the economy as its most important task?

		U.S. Department of the Treasury
		Federal Open Market Committee
		Central Bank
		Federal Reserve Board of Governors

9. How are the specific interest rates for the lending and borrowing markets determined?

		U.S. Treasury Department Board policy
		by the forces of supply and demand
		through open market operations
		by altering the discount rate

10.When the central bank lowers the reserve requirement on deposits:

		the money supply increases and interest rates decrease.
		the money supply and interest rates decrease.
		the money supply and interest rates increase.
		the money supply decreases and interest rates increase.

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part 1

1. Why are bond markets important?

2. Why are stock markets important?

3. Why are banks important?

4. What aspects of the economy are affected by the money supply?

5. What are the four phases of a business cycle? How does money supply affect business

cycles?

6. What is the relationship between money supply growth and inflation?

7. What is monetary policy? What is fiscal policy?

8. What is the foreign exchange market?

9. How does an appreciation of a currency affect the economy?

10. How does a depreciation of a currency affect an economy?

part 2

1. What are the two components of a financial system? What is direct finance? Indirect

finance?

2. What is the role of financial markets?

3. Explain the following classifications of financial markets

a. Debt and. equity markets

b. Primary and secondary markets

c. Exchanges and over-the-counter markets

d. Money and capital markets

4. List and briefly explain each money market instrument.

5. List the capital market instruments.

6. Explain why financial intermediaries play an important role in the economy (address the

following: transactions costs, risk sharing, information costs, and economies of scope).

7. What is asymmetric information? What are the two problems that arise when there is

asymmetric information in the financial system?

8. Explain the adverse selection and moral hazard problems that are a result of asymmetric

information.

9. What are the different types of financial intermediaries in the U.S. economy?

10. Which financial intermediaries are classified as depository institutions (or banks)?

11. What are the two main reasons why the government regulates the financial system?

12. What are the different types of financial regulations implemented by the government in

the U.S.?

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