Macroeconomics
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ISBN: 9780134896441
Author: ABEL, Andrew B., BERNANKE, Ben, CROUSHORE, Dean Darrell
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 11RQ
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To know: Reason for country’s limited ability to change money supply under a fixed exchange rate and ways to pursue
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Under a floating exchange rate system, use the Mundell-Fleming model to predict with the aid of a graph, what would happen to the following variables when the money supply is reduced.
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