Assume that business investment spending rises, and the increase is funded by greater borrowing in the capital markets. If the nation has low mobility international capital markets and a fixed exchange rate system, what happens to the GDP Price Index and current international transactions balance in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. The GDP Price Index falls and current international
transactions balance becomes more negative (or less positive).
b. The GDP Price Index rises and current international transactions balance becomes more negative (or less positive).
c. The GDP Price Index and current international transactions balance remain the same.
d. The GDP Price Index rises and current international transactions balance remains the same.
e. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
.B
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a. decreased the money supply. b. increased government expenditures. c. decreased taxes. d. None of the above is correct.