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Chapter 30.A, Problem 15PA
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Changes in the exchange rate after the end of Bretton wood system.
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In chapter 11, "International Economics," of Naked Economics, Charles Wheelan explains alternative exchange rates systems.
To which of the below systems does he refer when he describes thus:
Countries pledge to maintain the exchange rate for their currency at some predetermined rate of exchange with a country or a group of other countries.
A) Fixed exchange rates
B) Floating exchange rates
C) The gold standard
D)The value of a nation's currency is matched to the currency of another economy, as the Argentine currency was set equal to the U.S. dollar.
Explain why a decline in a country's exchange rate will generally increase the demand for its goods and reduce its demand for foreign goods.
Discuss the view that an exchange rate appreciation is always beneficial for an economy.
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