Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Monetary policy

Monetary policy — practice question

Currently, a government has assigned its central bank a target inflation rate of 2%. What is likely to occur to interest rates and the exchange rate if the target inflation rate is increased to 3%?

  • Ainterest rates: fall; exchange rate: fall
  • Binterest rates: fall; exchange rate: rise
  • Cinterest rates: rise; exchange rate: fall
  • Dinterest rates: rise; exchange rate: rise

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