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Under a fixed-rate system, a country that followed policies that would lead to a higher rate of inflation than that experienced by its trading partners would: a. experience a balance-of-payments surplus as its goods became more expensive b. see a decrease in the supply of its currency on the foreign exchange markets c. find its currency subject to upward pressure d. experience a balance-of-payments deficit as its goods became more expensive

          Under a fixed-rate system, a country that followed policies that would lead to a higher rate of inflation than that experienced by its trading partners would:

a. experience a balance-of-payments surplus as its goods became more expensive
b. see a decrease in the supply of its currency on the foreign exchange markets
c. find its currency subject to upward pressure
d. experience a balance-of-payments deficit as its goods became more expensive
        
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0:00 All right.
00:02 In this question, it asks us, if a nation has high in persistent inflation, the most likely explanation is, and all the following.
00:11 In order to solve this problem, you have to know one thing, which is basically what is inflation, right? what does inflation mean? the answer to that, inflation is a phenomenon.
00:24 Well, you'll observe general prices going up and the purchasing power of your dollar going down.
00:30 What that means is that if you're able to buy, let's say, a loaf of bread for $1, after inflation, that loaf of bread would now cost $3, which means that the dollar that you have, it has less power to purchase goods.
00:43 So let's look at these options.
00:45 Option a causes the central bank creating excessive amounts of money.
00:50 What we can deduce from that wording is that bank is printing out money at a rate that there's too much money in the market.
01:00 There's too much money in the economy, which causes individual dollars to lose value.
01:04 So this looks like something that could be our answer...
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