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Test Bank
Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets

9th Eds
Chapter 1
Why Study Money, Banking, and Financial Markets?

1.1 Why Study Financial Markets?
1) Financial markets promote economic efficiency by
A) channeling funds from investors to savers.
B) creating inflation.
C) channeling funds from savers to investors.
D) reducing investment.
Answer: C
Ques Status: Previous Edition

2) Financial markets promote greater economic efficiency by channeling funds from to
.
A) investors; savers
B) borrowers; savers
C) savers; borrowers
D) savers; lenders
Answer: C
Ques Status: Previous Edition

3) Well-functioning financial markets promote
A) inflation.
B) deflation.
C) unemployment.
D) growth.
Answer: D
Ques Status: Previous Edition

4) A key factor in producing high economic growth is
A) eliminating foreign trade.
B) well-functioning financial markets.

, C) high interest rates.
D) stock market volatility.
Answer: B
Ques Status: New

5) Markets in which funds are transferred from those who have excess funds available to those
who have a shortage of available funds are called
A) commodity markets.
B) fund-available markets.
C) derivative exchange markets.
D) financial markets.
Answer: D
Ques Status: Previous Edition

,2 Mishkin · The Economics of Money, Banking, and Financial Markets, 9th Edition



1) markets transfer funds from people who have an excess of available funds to people
who have a shortage.
A) Commodity
B) Fund-available
C) Financial
D) Derivative exchange
Answer: C
Ques Status: Previous Edition

2) Poorly performing financial markets can be the cause of
A) wealth.
B) poverty.
C) financial stability.
D) financial expansion.
Answer: B
Ques Status: Previous Edition

3) The bond markets are important because they are
A) easily the most widely followed financial markets in the United States.
B) the markets where foreign exchange rates are determined.
C) the markets where interest rates are determined.
D) the markets where all borrowers get their funds.
Answer: C
Ques Status: Previous Edition

4) The price paid for the rental of borrowed funds (usually expressed as a percentage of the rental
of $100 per year) is commonly referred to as the
A) inflation rate.
B) exchange rate.
C) interest rate.
D) aggregate price level.
Answer: C
Ques Status: Previous Edition

5) Compared to interest rates on long-term U.S. government bonds, interest rates on three -month
Treasury bills fluctuate and are on average.
A) more; lower
B) less; lower
C) more; higher
D) less; higher
Answer: A
Ques Status: Previous Edition

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6) The interest rate on Baa (medium quality) corporate bonds is , on average, than other
interest rates, and the spread between it and other rates became in the 1970s.
A) lower; smaller
B) lower; larger
C) higher; smaller
D) higher; larger
Answer: D
Ques Status: Previous Edition

7) Everything else held constant, a decline in interest rates will cause spending on housing to
A) fall.
B) remain unchanged.
C) either rise, fall, or remain the same.
D) rise.
Answer: D
Ques Status: Previous Edition

8) High interest rates might purchasing a house or car but at the same time high interest
rates might saving.
A) discourage; encourage
B) discourage; discourage
C) encourage; encourage
D) encourage; discourage
Answer: A
Ques Status: New

9) An increase in interest rates might saving because more can be earned in interest
income.
A) encourage
B) discourage
C) disallow
D) invalidate
Answer: A
Ques Status: Previous Edition

10) Everything else held constant, an increase in interest rates on student loans
A) increases the cost of a college education.
B) reduces the cost of a college education.
C) has no effect on educational costs.
D) increases costs for students with no loans.
Answer: A
Ques Status: Previous Edition

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