In 2015, Switzerland stopped pegging its currency to the Euro, and instead reduced interest rates in an attempt to lower the value of its currency. This shift was a switch from _____ to _______
Question 4 options:
Indirect Intervention / Direct Intervention |
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Direct Intervention / Indirect Intervention |
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Capital Controls / Indirect Intervention |
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Direct Intervention / Capital Controls |
Answer
Explanation
Direct intervention : It is to intervene directly in the foriegn exchange market by selling or buying currencies .
Indirect intervention :It is to change the domestic money supply or interest rates .
So decrease in the money supply will cause a other currency appreciation .
SO According to the explanation it is switch from Direct intervention to indirect intervention .
So option b is correct - Direct intervention/indirect intervention.
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