Assume that the central bank lowers the discount to increase the nation's monetary base. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and GDP Price Index in the context of the Three-Sector-Model? State your answer after the macroeconomic system returns to complete equilibrium.
a. The real

risk-free interest rate falls and GDP Price Index falls.
b. The real risk-free interest rate rises and GDP Price Index falls.
c. The real risk-free interest rate and GDP Price Index remain the same.
d. The real risk-free interest rate falls and GDP Price Index rises.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.


.C

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