Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Labour market

Labour market — practice question

A country's government is concerned by a large deficit on the current account in its balance of payments and by a rising inflation rate. The country's currency is kept at a fixed exchange rate. Which policy measure is most likely to enable the government to cut the current account deficit and bring down the inflation rate?

  • Adevaluation of the currency
  • Bincreasing government spending
  • Cdecreasing the direct taxes
  • Dincreasing the interest rate

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