Suppose that Argentina's dollar-denominated external assets and liabilities are $10 billion and $100 billion, respectively, and its Argentine peso-denominated external assets and liabilities are each 50 billion pesos (P). Suppose further that Argentina fixes its exchange rate at P1 = $US1. How was Argentina's net external wealth affected as a result of the devaluation of the peso (from P1 = $US1 to P3 = $US1)?
A) Net external wealth rose.
B) Net external wealth fell.
C) Net external wealth was not affected.
D) One cannot determine how net external wealth was affected with the information provided
Ans: B) Net external wealth fell.
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