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Which of the following statements is true of Black Wednesday?
 
  A) Following Black Wednesday, the British pound became less valuable relative to the German mark.
  B) Currency traders who had borrowed pounds to buy German marks incurred huge losses due to Black Wednesday.
  C) The British government earned enormous profits by selling foreign currency reserves following Black Wednesday.
  D) Following Black Wednesday, the British pound became more valuable relative to the German mark.

Question 2

Describe the changes in the variables that will cause supply for a product to increase, shifting the supply curve down and to the right.
 
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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

a decrease in wages of workers who produce the product; a decrease in the prices of materials or capital used to produce the product; advances in technology which is used in the production of the product; government subsidies applied to the production of the product; a decrease in the expected future price of the product; an increase in the number of producers of the product.



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