Consider the extent to which fiscal policy actions can influence the real income level of a small open economy with imperfect capital mobility and a fixed exchange rate. In a response of at least 100 words, explain how the Central Bank of Brazil could utilize its own foreign exchange reserves to prevent Brazil's sovereign wealth fund from preventing changes in the real's value in foreign exchange markets?

Consider the extent to which fiscal policy actions can influence the real income level of a small open economy with imperfect capital mobility and a fixed exchange rate. In a response of at least 100 words, explain how the Central Bank of Brazil could utilize its own foreign exchange reserves to prevent Brazil's sovereign wealth fund from preventing changes in the real's value in foreign exchange markets?

Principles of Economics 2e

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Chapter29: Exchange Rates And International Capital Flows

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