Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 6.4

6.4 — practice question

What is shown by the J-curve effect?

  • AA successful currency depreciation requires the sum of the import and export elasticities of demand to be greater than 1.
  • BAfter a currency devaluation, the current account is likely to get worse before it gets better.
  • CIn the short run, the demand for imports and exports tends to be price elastic.
  • DThe value of the terms of trade will affect the success of a currency’s devaluation.

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