Assume that the central bank increases the reserve requirement. If the nation has highly mobile international capital markets and a flexible exchange rate system, what happens to the real risk-free interest rate and real GDP in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?

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

.B

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