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Fixed Exchange Rates
The aggregate demand -- aggregate supply accounting identity is
C + I + G + E -- M = GDP.
Under a fixed exchange rate system, the following would occur under expansionary monetary policy. The money supply would increase. This encourages spending, spurring demand from consumers and businesses (C and I). In order to balance this, either government spending would need to decline, or net exports would need to decrease. Assume that government spending remains unchanged. If the country is buying more from overseas and exporting less, then foreign reserves would be depleted in order to pay for those goods.
The first major trade agreement came with the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (GATT) in 1948, which was designed to help reduce barriers to the trade in goods. Over time, the GATT became replaced with the World Trade Organization with its successive rounds of negotiations designed to further liberalize trade around the world (WTO, 2011). In Europe, the European Union became a customs union, liberalizing...
The Canada-U.S. Free Trade Pact in 1988 was a leader in bilateral agreements, eventually led to NAFTA and since that point bi -- and multi-lateral trade agreements have become commonplace.
Flexible exchange rates are determined by demand for a given country's goods and services, relative to the supply of that country's money. For example, if the price of oil increases, the value of currencies from oil-economy nations will increase because of increased demand for the goods and services of that country. With fixed exchange rates, the rate is pegged to a specific value. For a country to maintain such a peg, it would normally need to buy and sell foreign reserves to hold its currency's value. This can be seen today with China's purchases of U.S. dollar reserves to maintain its peg on the yuan (Panckhurst, et al., 2010). Without such foreign reserve purchases/sales, the fixed rate is likely to deviate from the nature equilibrium point and eventually become unsustainable. This occurred with the Argentine peso…
Works Cited:
Krugman, P. & Wells, R. Chapter 10: Aggregate supply and aggregate demand. Retrieved March 5, 2011 from http://www.worthpublishers.com/krugmanwellsnew/pdf/KRUGMAN_WELLS_MACRO_CHAPTER10.pdf
Panckhurst, P.; Lifei, Z.; Wang, J.; Forsythe, M. (2010). China foreign exchange reserves jump to $2.65 trillion. Bloomberg. Retrieved March 5, 2011 from http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-13/china-s-currency-reserves-surge-to-record-fueling-calls-for-stronger-yuan.html
WTO. (2011). The GATT years: From Havana to Marrakech. World Trade Organization. Retrieved March 5, 2011 from http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/whatis_e/tif_e/fact4_e.htm
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