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A-LevelEconomicsInternational economic issues9708/12 · May/June 2022 · Q231 Mark

A country operates a fixed exchange rate system. What will put pressure on the country to devalue its currency?

Adecrease in the country's inflation rate relative to the inflation rates of other countries
Bdecrease in the tariffs on its products imposed by other countries
Can increase in its current account balance of payments deficit with other countries
Dan increase in the country's interest rate relative to the interest rates of other countries

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C: an increase in its current account balance of payments deficit with other countries

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International economic issues, A-Level Economics (syllabus 9708). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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A-Level Economics, May/June 2022 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 23.

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