Q2. Mundell-Fleming model.
Consider an open economy IS-LM model. China's currency is the
“Chinese Yuan Renminbi
(CNY)" and the USA's currency is the “US dollar (USD)". China
has a fixed exchange rate regime
with respect to USD. The central bank of China maintains a peg
of 1 CNY=0.14 USD. The interest
rate in the USA is 2.5%.
a. What do the above facts imply about the interest rate in
China? Explain. (2 points)
b. Suppose that the USA experiences an increase in output ??∗.
With the help of a diagram explain
the short-run effects of the increase in ??∗ on the economy of
China. What happens to output and
net exports? Carefully label your diagram
c. Suppose the USA Federal Reserve Bank conducts an
expansionary monetary policy and lowers
its interest rate to 2%. How will the central bank of China
react if it wants to maintain the exchange
rate peg? What will be the effect of this on the interest rate
in China? (2 points)
d. Following part (c), with the help of a diagram explain the
short-run effects of the foreign
expansionary monetary policy on the economy of China. What
happens to output and net exports?
(2 points)
e. Suppose instead that China decides to abandon the fixed
exchange rate regime and to adopt a
flexible exchange rate regime. With the help of a diagram
explain how your answers in part (b)
would change? What would happen to output, net exports, and
nominal exchange rate?