Pensions World SA CPD Assessment Q2 2022 (Issue 10)

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Trustee Tutor: Issue 10 – Macroeconomics and retirement fund investments

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1. Macroeconomics studies the economy wide issues of:

a. Inflation

b. Price levels

c. Market growth

d. All of the above

2. A trustee is able to influence the macroeconomic variables that impact their retirement fund.

a. True

b. False

3. Consumers spend more money in an economy:

a. When unemployment rates are high.

b. When interest rates are high.

c. When confidence levels about the future are high.

d. When inflation is high.

4. Choose the incorrect statement.

a. Current inflation is around 2%.

b. Current GDP growth is expected to be around 2%.

c. The current repo rate is 4.25%.

d. The current prime rate is 7.75%.

5. Choose the most correct answer regarding inflation:

a. Cost push inflation refers to inflation caused by decrease in the costs of production.

b. Cost push inflation refers to inflation caused by the increase in the number of factors of production.

c. Demand pull inflation refers to inflation caused by a strong consumer demand for a product or service.

d. Demand pull inflation is the same as cost push inflation.

6. Rising interest rates:

a. Often negatively impacts share markets.

b. Often is the goal of a country’s central bank.

c. Often restricts the borrowing ability of companies.

d. a and c only.

7. Exchange rates in South Africa:

a. Are set by the SARB.

b. Are impacted by interest rates, inflation and the political stability of the country.

c. Are not linked to supply and demand.

d. Are static over certain periods.

8. South Africa has a flexible exchange rate.

a. True

b. False

9. The following are included in the study of geopolitics:

a. Trade agreements.

b. War treaties.

c. Climate agreements

d. All of the above

10. The Paris agreement:

a. Was not signed by South Africa.

b. Sets the targeted maximum increase in mean global temperature at 3°C.

c. Deals with climate change mitigation and the financing thereof.

d. Is part of the government’s fiscal policy.

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