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A-LevelEconomicsMacroeconomics: Exchange Rates and Balance of PaymentsMay/June 2012Paper 1 Q261 Mark

A country has a fixed exchange rate. What is likely to result in an improvement in its balance of payments?

Adecrease in interest rates in foreign countries
Bdecrease in the country's interest rates
Cdecrease in the income of foreign countries
Dan increase in the country's national income

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About This A-Level Economics Question

This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Economics (9708) May/June 2012 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Macroeconomics: Exchange Rates and Balance of Payments and is worth 1 mark.

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