132. What is exchange rate overshooting?
An exchange rate is said to overshoot when its short-run response to a change in market
fundamentals is greater than its long-run response.
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133. What is the asset market approach to exchange rate determination?
Over short periods of time, decisions to hold domestic or foreign financial assets play a much
greater role in exchange rate determination than the demand for imports and exports does.
According to the asset market approach, investors consider two key factors when deciding
between domestic and foreign investments: relative interest rates and expected changes in
exchange rates. Changes in these factors, in turn, account for fluctuations in exchange rates
that we observe in the short run.
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134. During the Great Recession of 2008-2009, the dollar increasingly was viewed as a safe-haven currency as investors
fled to it when they worried about the stability of the global economy. As investors fled to the dollar
the demand for dollars increased and the dollar’s exchange value appreciated
the demand for dollars increased and the dollar’s exchange value depreciated
the demand for dollars decreased and the dollar’s exchange value appreciated
the demand for dollars decreased the the dollar’s exchange value depreciated