Unit 6: Open Economy
Macro · Unit 6 · Paper 3

Open Economy unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 22 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 6, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
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Why the accounts offset

2

Balance of payments

3

Capital flows and growth

4

Why an appreciation weakens expansionary fiscal policy

5

Floating exchange rate

6

Quota

7

Interest rates and exchange rates

8

Net exports (Xn)

9

Capital and financial account

10

Foreign exchange market

11

What raises demand for a currency

12

What raises supply of a currency

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Reading a forex graph

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Current account

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Depreciation

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Fixed (pegged) exchange rate

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

The U.S. and Mexico have flexible exchange rates. Suppose U.S. real interest rates rise relative to Mexico's.

Using a labeled forex market for the U.S. dollar, show the effect on the value of the dollar (in pesos).

Explain the demand/supply change causing this.

What happens to U.S. net exports? Explain.

If instead the U.S. price level rises relative to Mexico, what happens to demand for the dollar? Explain.