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consolidated government expenditure is expected to grow by 7.1 percent over the medium term, reaching R1.69 trillion in 2018/19. At this rate, spending growth will outpace inflation by 0.8 percent.

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Question 36

As foreign prices raise, we expect domestic exports to increase; and if domestic prices raise, the exports to decline

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Question 37

Lack of technology, limited range of processed products, trade costs and supply inconsistency are major problems for Fiji (or Pacific) economies trade performance.

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Question 38

If income elasticity of Fiji’s exports are high, a fall in the quality of Fijian goods will drastically reduce Fiji’s trade balance.

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Question 39

In a typical fixed exchange rate system, the money supply is less independently controlled by the central bank.

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Question 40

Despite different last-two digits of yours and your friend’s ID numbers, if IS = 20XX-150i and LM = 5XX+20i, the value if i and Y will be same if both XX stands for the last two digits of any one’s number.

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Question 29

If the goods market equilibrium was Y = 2500-50i, and government expenditure was increased by 50, a possible new IS curve would be Y = 2750-50i, provided α_G was 2.5.

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Question 30

In 2020, the expected decline in GDP growth was -19% for Fiji.

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Question 31

The aggregate expenditure multiplier in ADAS is larger than that of the ISLM model.

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Question 32

The markets involved in IS-LM are goods and money markets

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Question 33

The rate of interest (i) is determined in the bonds market

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Question 34

A possible expression that can model government spending is G = G_t-1 where (t) is current year.

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Question 35

A devaluation will improve current account balance sustainably in the long-run

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Question 23

Under perfect capital mobility, interest rates (i_d, i_f) can permanently vary, if monetary policy is tightened.

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Question 24

The degree of capital mobility could be impacted by differences in income tax regimes.

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Question 25

A fixed exchange rate is best for small economies like Fiji, at least during the COVID19 crisis

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Question 26

A devaluation can cause inflation and lead to a raise in external debt.

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Question 27

A BOP surplus will increase foreign reserves is the domestic economy operates under flexible exchange rate system.

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Question 28

If nominal GDP was 1500 and real was 1450, the implicit GDP deflator would imply a moderate rate of inflation of about 3%.

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Question 17

In a flexible exchange rate system, with perfect capital mobility, a devaluation will increase GDP but interest rate will remain unchanged.

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Question 18

The biggest policy challenge for most countries now is managing economic contraction.

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Question 19

COVID19 crisis has reduced trade to/from the Pacific region.

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Question 20

The following are constraints for economic development in Samoa: subsistence agriculture, limited tourism and lack of domestic private investment.

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Question 21

If I = I_0-b_i, then the value of b will determine the impact of monetary policy on investment.

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Question 22

In order to reduce market interest rate, the central bank conducts open market sale of bonds.

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Question 9

If CF = CF₀+0.25(i_d, i_f), was can say that CF₀ is the value of foreign investment.

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Question 10

In small Pacific Island economies (like Kiribati), monetary policy works best.

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Question 11

Tourism was the largest foreign exchange earner for Fiji in 2020.

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Question 12

Fiji government’s debt remains manageable in 2021.

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Question 13

In the Keynesian world, an expansionary fiscal policy would always crowd-out private investment, if monetary policy not accommodative.

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Question 14

In a liquidity trap situation, monetary policy is totally ineffective.

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Question 15

When LM = 0.5Y-50i (where Y = 5000, i= 5%), the real money supply should be 2250.

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Question 16

The AD curve is a locus of points of simultaneous equilibria of goods and money markets.

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Question 1

The key deterrent of wage flexibility are the frictions in the labour market.

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Question 2

In the Cramer’s rule, the determinant of A matrix is never used.

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Question 3

Normally, it is possible to generate long-run economic growth with investment policy.

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Question 4

At best, the total factor productivity can be estimated, but is unobserved in data.

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Question 5

In fixed exchange rate system, inflation is controlled through exchange rate policy.

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Question 6

The direct effect of COVID19 on any economy would be reduced capital productivity.

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Question 7

Inflation expectations guide the stance of monetary policy in the short run.

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Question 8

The short run aggregate supply can be understood using Phillips curve.

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