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 GDP and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending in the context of the Three-Sector-Model?
a. There is not enough information to determine what happens to these two macroeconomic variables.
b. Real GDP falls, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more positive (or less negative).
c. Real GDP rises, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more positive (or less negative).
d. Real GDP rises, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more negative (or less positive).
e. Real GDP falls, and net nonreserve-related international borrowing/lending becomes more negative (or less positive).
.B
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