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Given a system of market determined (floating) exchange rates, if interest rates rise in the United Kingdom relative to the United States, then this event is most likely to cause the British pound to
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appreciate and the U.S. dollar to depreciate.
appreciate and the U.S. dollar to appreciate.
depreciate and the U.S. dollar to depreciate.
depreciate and the U.S. dollar to appreciate.
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