if exchange rates are fixed and the country experiences a recession, what would the government have to do in order to keep the exchange rate at the stated peg? Describe the policy and draw a graph.
1. Fiscal stimulus (increase spending; lower taxes increases aggregate demand (shifts DD to right)
2. But this causes initial appreci ation (fall in E); equil is at 2.
3. To protect the peg, CB must buy foreign assets with home currency. This increases the domestic money supply, which moves economy to final equil 3 (higher output)
4. Fiscal policy is potent because it causes both the DD and the AA schedules to shift
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