Exhibit 20-7 -Suppose That in Response to the Demand Shift Shown in Shift

question 221

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 20-7
-Suppose that in response to the demand shift shown in Exhibit 20-7, Mexico's central bank takes action to protect its currency, the peso, from depreciating. Enforcing a floor such as Mexico establishes is

• A) easier in the long run, when policy makers at the central bank can focus beyond temporary fluctuations, than in the short run
• B) easier in the long run, since over time new funds are always earned in international goods transactions
• C) harder in the long run, when policy makers at the central bank can become confused by repeated fluctuations
• D) easier in the long run, since a country's import and export position will not change rapidly as long as the floor is maintained
• E) harder in the long run, since policy makers at the central bank will run out of reserves of other currency with which to buy back domestic currency

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