According to the Empirical Work on Managed Exchange Rates by Economists

question 77

Multiple Choice

According to the empirical work on managed exchange rates by economists Bordo and Schwartz,

• A)purchasing power parity is totally ineffective in explaining changes in exchange rates.
• B)the G-7 nations are actually maintaining fixed exchange rates instead of managed floating exchange rates.
• C)the Canadian central bank is dictating to the other G-7 countries what the exchange rates of the major currencies will be.
• D)actions of the G-7 nations cannot influence exchange rates in the long run.

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