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biggirl4568

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Assume that the central bank sells government securities in the open market. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and current international transactions in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? State your answer after the macroeconomic system returns to complete equilibrium.
 a. The real risk-free interest rate falls and the current international transactions balance becomes more negative (or less positive).
  b. The real risk-free interest rate rises and the current international transactions balance becomes more negative (or less positive).
  c. The real risk-free interest rate and the current international transactions balance remain the same.
  d. The real risk-free interest rate rises and the current international transactions balance remains the same.
  e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.

Question 2

Which of the following argued against the Washington Consensus?
 a. Dabrowski
  b. Kuznets
  c. Gerschenkron
  d. Stiglitz
  e. All of the above



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Answer to Question 1

.C

Answer to Question 2

D



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