Economics

Capital Flows and the FX Market practice questions

Capital Flows and the FX Market is part of CFA Level I Economics. Economics questions focus on microeconomics, macroeconomic policy, international trade, currency markets, and market structure logic. Use this page to review the controlling ideas, then work through 23 questions with answer explanations and common traps.

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Money that migrant workers send home to their families abroad is most likely recorded in the receiving country's balance of payments under the:

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Large global banks that continuously quote two-way (bid and offer) prices in major currency pairs to clients are best described as belonging to the FX market's:

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A country runs a persistent current account deficit. Setting aside measurement errors, its combined capital and financial accounts most likely show:

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Over one year, the nominal USD/EUR exchange rate (US dollars per euro) rises by 2.0%. During the same year, euro-area consumer prices rise by 3.0% and US consumer prices rise by 1.0%. Using real USD/EUR = nominal USD/EUR x (CPI_euro area / CPI_US), the change in the real USD/EUR exchange rate is closest to:

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For a US-based investor, the quote USD/EUR = 1.1000 is best interpreted as:

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The exchange rate moves from USD/EUR = 1.2500 to USD/EUR = 1.2000. The most accurate interpretation is that:

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The nominal exchange rate is USD/EUR = 1.2000. The euro area CPI is 110 and the US CPI is 120. Using the convention real USD/EUR = nominal USD/EUR x (CPI_euro area/CPI_US), the real exchange rate is closest to:

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A country legally commits to exchange domestic currency for a foreign anchor currency at a fixed rate and backs the monetary base with foreign reserves. The exchange rate regime is best described as a:

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A government imposes temporary limits on foreign purchases of domestic bonds and on domestic residents' ability to buy foreign securities. The most likely policy objective is to:

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A sharp depreciation of a country's currency is most likely to:

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A multinational with a known foreign-currency payable enters the FX forward market to lock in the domestic-currency cost of that payable. The participant's motive is best described as:

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In the quote USD/EUR = 1.2000, the base currency is the:

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If USD/EUR rises from 1.10 to 1.20, the euro has most likely:

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A fixed exchange-rate regime is best described as one in which the monetary authority:

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A common objective of capital restrictions is to:

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The exchange rate USD/GBP moves from 1.2500 to 1.2000. The percentage change in the pound relative to the US dollar is closest to:

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A country's currency depreciates sharply. For an exporter with most costs in domestic currency and revenues in foreign currency, the near-term effect is most likely:

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A nominal exchange rate changes while the domestic and foreign price levels also change. The real exchange rate is used primarily to measure:

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Under a freely floating exchange-rate regime, a persistent increase in foreign demand for domestic assets most likely causes the domestic currency to:

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A managed float is best described as a regime in which the exchange rate:

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A country's currency depreciates after monetary easing. Import volumes decline only slowly, and the trade balance initially worsens. The most appropriate interpretation is that:

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An investor observes that Country X has high domestic interest rates and a depreciating currency. The most appropriate Level I conclusion is that:

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A government chooses a hard peg to reduce exchange-rate volatility for trade. The most likely cost is reduced ability to: