Module Exchange Rate Policy KRUGMAN'S MACROECONOMICS for AP* 43 Margaret Ray and David Anderson.

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Module Exchange Rate Policy KRUGMAN'S MACROECONOMICS for AP* 43 Margaret Ray and David Anderson

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ModuleExchangeRate Policy

KRUGMAN'SMACROECONOMICS for AP*

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Margaret Ray and David Anderson

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What you will learnWhat you will learn

in thisin this ModuleModule::

• The difference between fixed exchange rates and floating exchange rates

• Considerations that lead countries to choose different exchange rate regimes

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Exchange Rate PolicyExchange Rate Policy

• Governments have more power to influence nominal exchange rates than other prices

• Exchange rates are important to countries where exports and imports are a large fraction of GDP

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Exchange Rate RegimesExchange Rate Regimes

•Exchange Rate Regime

•Fixed Exchange Rate

•Floating Exchange Rate

•"Managed" & "Target Zone"

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How Can an Exchange Rate BeHow Can an Exchange Rate Be Held Fixed? Held Fixed?

•Exchange Market Intervention

•Foreign Exchange Reserves

•Foreign Exchange Controls

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The Exchange Rate RegimeThe Exchange Rate Regime Dilemma Dilemma

•The Case for Fixed Exchange Rates

• Facilitates trade by creating certainty about the exchange rate

• Acts as a check on inflationary policies

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The Exchange Rate RegimeThe Exchange Rate Regime Dilemma Dilemma

•The Case against Fixed Exchange Rates

• Requires large foreign currency reserves

• May divert monetary policy

• Distorts incentives

• Opportunity for corruption