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Capital Flows and Financial Crises

…the crisis contributed to the expansion of domestic credit and asset booms, while the liabilities they created escalated in value once central banks abandoned their exchange rate pegs and their…

Answers: Taking IOR to Zero

…make the move to currency: A) They couldn’t all do it; there’s not enough currency around. B) The effect would be to reduce the amount of currency “in circulation” (it’s…