Under an Exchange-Rate Targeting Rule for Monetary Policy,a Crawling Peg

question 96

Multiple Choice

Under an exchange-rate targeting rule for monetary policy,a crawling peg

• A)fixes the value of the domestic currency to a commodity such as gold.
• B)fixes the value of the domestic currency to that of a large,low-inflation country.
• C)allows the domestic currency to depreciate at a steady rate so that inflation in the pegging country can be higher than that of the anchor country.
• D)allows the domestic currency to depreciate at a steady rate so that inflation in the pegging country can be lower than that of the anchor country.

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