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The economy is studied as a whole through national income, gross domestic product, inflation, unemployment, economic growth and business cycles. Coverage includes aggregate demand and supply, consumption and investment, money and banking, fiscal and monetary policy, exchange rates and balance of payments, which distinguishes macroeconomics from the study of individual markets.

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  • A. Free float
  • B. Clean float
  • C. Both of them
  • D. None of them

Explanation: A clean float is an exchange-rate arrangement in which the government does not intervene in the foreign-exchange market.

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. Financial markets of developing economies
  • B. Financial markets of East Europe's economies
  • C. Financial markets of Asian economies
  • D. Financial markets of Latin America

Explanation: Emerging markets are the financial markets of developing or rapidly industrialising economies that are becoming more integrated with…

Correct answer: Financial markets of developing economies
  • A. Deflector
  • B. Purchasing power parity
  • C. Inflator
  • D. Deflation

Explanation: A price deflator converts nominal or current-price values into real, inflation-adjusted values.

Correct answer: Deflector
  • A. To write-off debt
  • B. To reschedule debt
  • C. To repay debt in easy installments
  • D. The complete repayment of debt

Explanation: Debt retirement means extinguishing a debt, normally by repaying the principal in full or otherwise settling the obligation.

Correct answer: The complete repayment of debt
  • A. International economic risk
  • B. Country economic risk
  • C. Ultra-country economic risk
  • D. Outcome risk

Explanation: Country economic risk is the possibility that changes in a nation’s economy, such as recession, inflation, or exchange-rate instability…

Correct answer: Country economic risk
  • A. Free movement of capital and labor
  • B. Free movement of goods and services
  • C. Both of them
  • D. None of them

Explanation: A common market removes restrictions on trade in goods and services and also allows the movement of production factors such as labour and…

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. Nationalist policy
  • B. Domestic policy
  • C. Protectionist policy
  • D. Beggar-thy-beighbour

Explanation: Beggar-thy-neighbour policy seeks to improve one country’s position at the expense of trading partners, often through competitive…

Correct answer: Beggar-thy-beighbour
  • A. Liberalism
  • B. Free market economics
  • C. Supply-side economics
  • D. Supervised market

Explanation: Supply-side economics seeks to expand production by improving incentives to work, invest and produce, including through tax reductions.

Correct answer: Supply-side economics
  • A. Holdings
  • B. Reserves
  • C. Foreign currency
  • D. Treasure

Explanation: A country’s internationally acceptable payment assets, such as foreign currencies and monetary gold, are its reserves.

Correct answer: Reserves
  • A. Power to buy foreign currency
  • B. Foreign currency holding
  • C. Ratio at which unit of one country's currency is exchanged for unit of another country currency
  • D. None of them

Explanation: The exchange rate expresses the ratio at which one nation’s currency can be exchanged for another nation’s currency.

Correct answer: Ratio at which unit of one country's currency is exchanged for unit of another country currency
  • A. Domestication
  • B. Protectionism
  • C. Localization
  • D. National interest

Explanation: Protectionism uses tariffs, quotas or similar restrictions to shield domestic producers from foreign competition.

Correct answer: Protectionism
  • A. Promissory Note (PN)
  • B. Note of hand
  • C. Both of them
  • D. None of them

Explanation: A promissory note is a written, unconditional promise to pay a specified amount at a stated time or on demand; a note of hand is a…

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. In which economists control production
  • B. In which production and distribution of wealth is under government's control
  • C. In which technocrats control production
  • D. In which government controls distribution

Explanation: In a planned economy, the government centrally directs major decisions about production and the distribution of goods and income.

Correct answer: In which production and distribution of wealth is under government's control
  • A. Open door market
  • B. Open door country
  • C. Open sky market
  • D. Free economy

Explanation: An open-door market or policy gives traders from different countries equal access without granting exclusive monopolies or preferences.

Correct answer: Open door market
  • A. National income
  • B. Public income
  • C. Local income
  • D. Gross income

Explanation: National income broadly measures the net value of goods and services produced by a country during a given period.

Correct answer: National income
  • A. Multinational corporation
  • B. Multinational company
  • C. Both of them
  • D. None of them

Explanation: A business operating through subsidiaries, investments, or operations in several countries is a multinational enterprise.

Correct answer: Both of them
  • A. Macroeconomics
  • B. Gross economics
  • C. Mega economics
  • D. Micro economics

Explanation: Macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole, including national income, employment, inflation, growth, and overall output.

Correct answer: Macroeconomics
  • A. letter of Credit
  • B. Letter of expression
  • C. Demand draft
  • D. Letter of intent

Explanation: A letter of credit, including a traveller’s letter of credit, authorizes its holder to obtain payment through an overseas branch or…

Correct answer: letter of Credit
  • A. Labor force
  • B. Labor potential
  • C. Work force
  • D. All of them

Explanation: The labor force includes all adults who are employed or actively seeking employment, whether or not they currently have a job.

Correct answer: Labor force
  • A. Hyperinflation
  • B. Ultra-inflation
  • C. A cute inflation
  • D. Super inflation

Explanation: Hyperinflation is an extremely rapid and uncontrolled rise in prices that sharply destroys the value of money.

Correct answer: Hyperinflation