ENGR.ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
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Author: NEWNAN
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Currency crises and the
in the rest of the world, leading to an increase in demand for U.S. dollars (a
“fight to safety”). Use the AS/AD framework to explain the efects of this
shock on the U.S. economy. Be sure to explain carefully how and why the
shock enters the AS/AD model. (Hint: If the rest of the world would like
more dollars, what does it have to give in exchange for those dollars?
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