A Lesson That Policymakers Should Learn from the Argentinean Experience

question 47

Multiple Choice

A lesson that policymakers should learn from the Argentinean experience with currency boards is:

• A) poor fiscal policies can undermine any monetary policy regime.
• B) a flexible exchange rate is always preferred to a pegged exchange rate.
• C) the only fixed exchange rate that works is the gold standard.
• D) they never work.

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