Researchers Including a Real Exchange Rate Term in the Taylor

question 4

Multiple Choice

Researchers including a real exchange rate term in the Taylor rule such that
^{r = p + dp - p*) + BY^ + R* - aEP/P}W^{) have found that, for the United} States, a is

• A) positive.
• B) negative.
• C) equal to zero.
• D) impossible to calculate.
• E) undefined.

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