The Balassa-Samuelson Forecast Predicted That Argentina's Overvalued Exchange Rate Would

question 124

Multiple Choice

The Balassa-Samuelson forecast predicted that Argentina's overvalued exchange rate would have to be offset by:

• A) maintaining a more credible peg to the U.S. dollar.
• B) a combination of more intense price deflation in Argentina relative to the United States and an exchange rate depreciation.
• C) intervention by the IMF to stabilize the peso.
• D) a trade embargo coupled with capital controls.

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