An Emerging Market Country That Successfully Used Exchange-Rate Targeting to Lower

question 40

Multiple Choice

An emerging market country that successfully used exchange-rate targeting to lower its inflation from above 100 percent in 1988 to below 10 percent in 1994 (before devaluation) was

• A)Thailand.
• B)Mexico.
• C)The Philippines.
• D)Indonesia.

Understand the role of substitutes and the broadness of market definition on elasticity.

Appreciate the theoretical underpinnings of supply and demand through the lens of elasticity.

Understand the concept of price elasticity of demand and how to calculate it.

Distinguish between elastic, inelastic, and unitary elasticity of demand.

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