Carefully explain why monetary policy is likely to be more ...

[vicky]

Carefully explain why monetary policy is likely to be more effective in a open economy than fiscal policy.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The graph above shows the PPC for a country that can produce oil or televisions. The straight line is the trade line and CPC if production is at Point A. Which of the following is a true statement?
 
  A) This country should produce relatively more butter and relatively less coffee.
  B) This country should produce relatively less butter and relatively more coffee.
  C) This country should produce more of both goods.
  D) This country is producing the optimal mix of butter and coffee to maximize its income.

[Amiracle]

Answer to Question 1

Expansionary fiscal policy increases interest rates, causing an exchange rate appreciation. Appreciation switches expenditures toward foreign goods because it makes them relatively cheaper, thereby increasing imports and reducing the current account balance. The expansionary fiscal policy leads to more imports, both from the rise in income and from exchange rate appreciation, which creates a feedback effect on domestic income. The shift in expenditures toward foreign goods offsets some of the increase in the demand for domestic goods and diminishes the impact of expansionary fiscal policy. In contrast, expansionary monetary policy causes the interest rate to fall and the currency to depreciate. Exchange rate depreciation switches some consumer spending from foreign goods (imports) to domestic goods, because foreign goods become relatively expensive. The effect of expenditure switching is to partially or completely offset the increase in imports caused by rising incomes. As a result, there is a more robust expansion of the domestic economy because less of the expansion of demand leaks out of the economy as an increase in imports.

Answer to Question 2

B