In 1991, Argentina decided to peg its currency (the Argentinean peso) to the U.S. dollar
To maintain the peg, Argentina had to purchase surplus pesos on the foreign exchange market, depleting its reserves of dollars to such an extent that it eventually had to abandon the peg. Show graphically what this implies about the peg relative to the equilibrium exchange rate in the market for the Argentinean peso.
If Argentina had to purchase surplus pesos on the foreign exchange market, that implies that the pegged exchange rate was above the market equilibrium exchange rate, as shown below.
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