Question
The US Federal Reserve has announced an increase in
interest rates to combat rising inflation. This has led to an appreciation of the US dollar against other major currencies. What is the likely impact of the US dollar appreciation on the current account balance of the United States?Solution
When the US dollar appreciates, US exports become more expensive for foreign buyers, and imports become cheaper for US consumers. This leads to a decrease in exports and an increase in imports, worsening the current account balance.
Which register holds the data to be written to or read from memory?
In the context of sorting algorithms, which one of the following is not a comparison-based sorting algorithm?
- If a recursive function calling itself and that recursive call is the last statement in the function then it’s known as ___________
Which logic gate operation is performed by an XOR gate?
Which layer of the TCP/IP model is responsible for IP addressing and routing?
The smallest unit of memory that the CPU can read or write is ___.
In a Token Ring network, what happens when a computer wants to transmit data?
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What is the purpose of a diode in a circuit?
Which famous algorithm follows a greedy approach for solving the minimum spanning tree problem in a graph?
