Please define and give an example of sterilized foreign exchange intervention
What will be an ideal response?
Sterilized foreign exchange intervention occurs when a central bank carries out equal foreign and domestic asset transactions in opposite directions to nullify the impact on the domestic money supply. An example is a central bank purchasing $100 of domestic assets but selling $100 of foreign bonds.
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A. the government debt is unrelated to income. B. all government debt is owed to other government agencies. C. government never really needs to pay back its debt. D. government does not pay interest on its debt.
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A. shift to the left. B. become more inelastic. C. become more elastic. D. become less elastic.
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