"Even under flexible exchange rate regime, governments could not be indifferent to the behavior of exchange rates and inevitably surrendered some of their policy autonomy in other areas to prevent exchange rate movements they viewed as harmful to

their economies." Discuss.


True. One example is Volcker in October 1979 decreasing the U.S. money supply to halt further weakening of the dollar.

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What is meant by the term "free market"?

What will be an ideal response?

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What will be an ideal response?

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When the Federal Reserve System was established in 1913, its main policy goal was

A) encouraging strong economic growth. B) promoting price stability. C) preventing bank panics. D) keeping employment high.

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