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IV. Flexible exchange rates and foreign macroeconomic events Consider an open economy with flexible exchange rates. Let UIP stand for the uncovered interest parity condition.
a. In an IS-LM-UIP diagram, show the effect of an increase in foreign output, Y*, on domestic output, Y. Explain in words.
b. In an IS-LM-UIP diagram, show the effect of an increase in the foreign interest rate, i*, on domestic output, Y. Explain in words.
c. What effect is a foreign fiscal expansion likely to have on foreign output, Y*, and on the foreign interest rate, i*? What effect is a foreign monetary expansion likely to have on Y* and i*?
d. Given your answers to parts (a), (b), and (c), how does a foreign fiscal expansion affect domestic output? How does a foreign monetary expansion affect domestic output? (Hint: One of these policies has an ambiguous effect on output.)