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O-LevelEconomicsInternational trade and globalisation2281/12 · May/June 2020 · Q281 Mark

There has been an appreciation of the value of a country's currency against other currencies. What effects will this have on prices of imports of raw materials and prices of exports of manufactured goods?

Aprices of imports of raw materials: cheaper, prices of exports of manufactured goods: cheaper
Bprices of imports of raw materials: cheaper, prices of exports of manufactured goods: more expensive
Cprices of imports of raw materials: more expensive, prices of exports of manufactured goods: cheaper
Dprices of imports of raw materials: more expensive, prices of exports of manufactured goods: more expensive

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B: prices of imports of raw materials: cheaper, prices of exports of manufactured goods: more expensive

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International trade and globalisation, O-Level Economics (syllabus 2281). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Economics, May/June 2020 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 28.

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