1. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), one of the four largest global auditing firms, compares the current ranking of the top ten economies to the anticipated top 10 economies of 2050. PwC anticipates a shift in the global balance of power, especially economic and business power. What countries is it anticipating being the top three countries in the world based on the gross domestic product (GDP) (in order of ranking)?

2. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues to provide all of the following services except for which example below?

a. participates in trade liberalization

b. provides a forum for cooperation on international monetary problems

c. lends countries foreign exchange when needed, on a temporary basis and under adequate safeguards, to help address the balance of payment problems

d. promotes exchange rate stability and an open system of international payments