With a Fixed Exchange Rate, the RBA

question 24

Multiple Choice

With a fixed exchange rate, the RBA:

• A) had to buy Australian dollars when the currency threatened to depreciate.
• B) had to sell Australian dollars when the currency threatened to appreciate.
• C) would alter the domestic money supply when they intervened to keep the Australian dollar at its fixed rate.
• D) had strong control over domestic interest rates.

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