a.
The expectation about the flow of funds either from United States to Europe or from Europe to United States in case of fall in fund rate and the marginal lending rate.
Introduction: The rate of interest at which the financial institutions lend money to other financial institutions over nightly, no collateral is charged on it. Such a rate of interest is referred to as the Federal Fund rate.
Marginal lending rate is the rate at which banks can borrow the money on an over nightly basis from the central bank of a country. After the year 2008, this rate became fixed rate of interest to borrow.
b.
Whether the movement of exchange rate in the given period is consistent with the movement of funds.
Introduction: Exchange refers to the rate at which the currency of two countries is exchanged with each other.
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