Firms in Thailand that had borrowed dollars while the baht was pegged to the dollar faced interest payments that were ________ than they had planned while the Thai government continued trying to defend the peg, because the baht had been pegged ________ the equilibrium exchange rate for the baht.
A) higher; above
B) higher; below
C) lower; above
D) lower; below
Answer: A) higher; above
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