Assume that the government increases spending and finances the expenditures by borrowing in the domestic capital markets. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the GDP Price Index and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?

a. The GDP Price Index rises, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more positive (or less negative).
b. The GDP Price Index rises, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more negative (or less positive).
c. The GDP Price Index falls, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more positive (or less negative).
d. The GDP Price Index and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending remain the same.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.


.A

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