Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · 6.4

6.4 — practice question

What condition must hold for a country’s balance of payments on its current account to improve after it lowers its exchange rate?

  • ABoth the price elasticities of supply for its imports and its exports must be elastic.
  • BThe importing country will buy all the excess supplies of its trading partner to clear the market.
  • CThe sum of the price elasticities of domestic demand for imports and the foreign demand for exports must be greater than one.
  • DThe trading partners need to agree on the maximum prices to be charged for imports and exports.

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