When exchange rates change and prices stay the same:
a. relative prices of traded goods in the two nations are unchanged.
b. the price of foreign goods expressed in the home currency will always rise.
c. imports get more expensive as the home currency depreciates.
d. the price of foreign goods expressed in the home currency will always fall.
Ans: c. imports get more expensive as the home currency depreciates.
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