Consider that Britain is trying to maintain a fixed exchange rate with respect to the U.S. dollar. However, the present situation in the foreign exchange market is conducive for the British pound to depreciate with respect to the U.S. dollar. If the British government uses sterilized intervention in the foreign exchange market, then:
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- If the Fed wants to depreciate the U.S. dollar against the British pound, it will ________. A: sell foreign exchange B: decrease the money supply C: sell British pounds D: sell U.S. dollars
- A weakening of the U.S. dollar with respect to the British pound would likely reduce the U.S. exports to Britain and increase U.S. imports from Britain over time.
- In the foreign exchange market, what could be a possible consequence of an increase in the purchase of stocks of Toyota, a Japanese automobile firm, by U.S. residents? A: Demand for the dollar will increase B: Yen will depreciate C: The dollar will depreciate D: The supply curve for the dollar will shift to the left
- If the U.S. dollar and British pound have a flexible exchange rate, and the U.S. dollar changes so that one needs more dollars to buy one pound, the currency has A: depreciated. B: appreciated. C: devalued. D: revalued.
- The AA schedule shows________. ( ) A: Exchange rate and output pairs at which only the foreign exchange market is in equilibrium. B: Interest rate and output pairs at which only the foreign exchange market is in equilibrium. C: Interest rate and output pairs at which the foreign exchange market and the domestic money market are in equilibrium. D: Exchange rate and output pairs at which the foreign exchange market and the domestic money market are in equilibrium.