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True or False, and Explain why
In the case of many goods traded, a country can improve its comparative advantage if it decreases the value of its currency
Answer- False, as because currency Devaluation help boost trades that too only exports as other countries will buy more as they will a less amount of their currency in exchange moreover it can help in shrinking trade deficits and reducing the interest payments on its outstanding government debts but it will not help to achieve a comparative advantage.
Comparative advantage refers to a situation when a country is able to produce a particular good at a less opportunity cost and currency Devaluation will not help in this.