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The difference between GDP and GNP is that:
GNP includes international factor income.
GDP includes international factor income.
GNP includes the money supply.
GDP includes the money supply.
Economists usually use GDP rather than GNP because they are tracking:
only transactions on the current account.
only transactions on the financial account.
production rather than income.
income rather than production.
Suppose that the equilibrium interest rate in the U.S. market for loanable funds is 3%
prior to any international capital flows in the United States. The equilibrium interest rate
in the Japanese market for loanable funds is 7%. If lenders in both nations believe that
loans to foreigners are just as good as loans to their own citizens, capital will flow from
_____, making interest rates _____ in Japan and _____ in the United States.
the United States to Japan; rise; fall
Japan to the United States; fall; rise
Japan to the United States; rise; fall
the United States to Japan; fall; rise
Scenario: Japan and the United States
Suppose that the interest rate in the United States is 4%, in Japan it is 7%, and financial
assets in the two countries are equal in risk. Assuming that loans in Japan and the
United States carry equal risk, this implies that:
U.S. lenders will lend to borrowers in Japan.
Japanese lenders will lend to U.S. borrowers.
the interest rate in Japan will increase further as compared to the U.S. interest rate.
the central bank of Japan has adopted a more expansionary monetary policy.
Scenario: Japan and the United States
Suppose that the interest rate in the United States is 4%, in Japan it is 7%, and financial
assets in the two countries are equal in risk. As a result:
capital will flow from Japan to the United States.
capital will flow from the United States to Japan.
capital will not flow between Japan and the United States.
Japan will export more goods to the United States.