Assume that the central bank increases the reserve requirement. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to real GDP and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. Real GDP falls, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more negative (or less positive).
b. Real GDP rises, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more negative (or less positive).
c. Real GDP falls, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more positive (or less negative).
d. Real GDP and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending remain the same.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
Question 2 - The federal funds rate is the interest rate:
a. U.S. financial institutions pay to their best (i.e., largest) depositors.
b. U.S. financial institutions charge their best customers.
c. On U.S. interbank loans.
d. The Federal Reserve changes banks that borrow from it.
e. The World Bank charges to central banks.
Question 3 - Assume that the central bank increases the reserve requirement. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to real GDP and the nominal value of the domestic currency in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. Real GDP rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency falls.
b. Real GDP falls, and nominal value of the domestic currency rises.
c. Real GDP rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency remains the same.
d. Real GDP rises, and nominal value of the domestic currency rises.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.