Explain How a Central Bank Would Engage in Direct Intervention

question 40

Essay

Explain how a central bank would engage in direct intervention to decrease the value of its domestic currency. Since the 1970s, it has been difficult for central banks alone to engage in direct intervention to alter the value of their domestic currency. Identify and explain at least two other activities in which a central bank could engage to alter the value of their domestic currency.

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Definitions:

Interest

A fee paid for the use of borrowed money, typically a percentage of the amount borrowed.

Mortgage

A legal agreement by which a bank, credit union, or other financial institution lends money at interest in exchange for taking title of the debtor's property, with the condition that the conveyance of the title becomes void upon the payment of the debt.

Lien

A legal right or interest that a creditor has in the debtor's property, generally lasting until the debt that it secures is satisfied.

Land

The surface of the earth, extending downward to the center and upward indefinitely into space, inclusive of natural resources and fixtures.