Answer to Question 2:

In a small open economy, real shocks---that is, shocks to the IS curve---do not affect output and employment under flexible exchange rates, and monetary shocks do not affect output and employment under a fixed exchange rate regime.

True or False?


The statement is true. Under flexible exchange rates, small-open-economy equilibrium is determined by the intersection of the  LM  curve and the  ZZ  line and the exchange rate must adjust to ensure that the  IS  curve passes through that  LM-ZZ  intersection. Exogenous shocks to the  IS  curve will thus affect the exchange rate but not output. When the exchange rate is fixed, equilibrium is determined by the intersection of the  IS  curve and the  ZZ  line with  LM  adjusting automatically in response to the central bank's foreign exchange rate stabilization operations. Shocks to the  LM  curve will thus affect the equilibrium nominal money supply but not income, employment and prices.

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