If float is predicted to decrease because of good weather, the manager of the trading desk at the New York Fed bank will likely conduct ________ open market operations to ________ reserves

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Defending an overvalued currency is easier than defending an undervalued currency. B) Defending an undervalued currency is easier in the short run than in the long run. C) The nominal exchange rate is the ratio of the same basket of goods in two countries. D) The real exchange rate is calculated by dividing the nominal exchange rate by the inflation rate.

Covered interest arbitrage involves both

A) the purchase of a foreign asset and a forward contract in the market for foreign exchange. B) the purchase of a domestic asset and a spot contract in the market for foreign exchange. C) the sale of a foreign asset and the purchase of a forward contract in the market for foreign exchange. D) the sale of domestic stocks and the purchase of foreign bonds.