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INTERVENTION

AS A POLICY
TOOL
INTERVENTION AS A POLICY
TOOL
• Government can influence the economy
of the country by intervening in the tax
laws and money supply
• Similarly government can influence the
economy by changing the exchange
rates.

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INTERVENTION AS A POLICY
TOOL

• Influence of a weak home currency


on the economy

• Influence of a strong home currency


on the economy

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Influence of a weak home currency
on the economy
• Increased exports due to increased
foreign demand for low priced goods

• Unemployment is reduced

• Inflation is increased

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Influence of a strong home
currency on the economy
• Foreign competition rises due to
increased demand for foreign goods

• Prices are reduced

• Inflation is overcome

• Unemployment rises
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Government monetary and fiscal
policy

Relative Relative Relative national


interest rates inflation rates income levels

International International
Exchange rates
capital flows trade
Purchase
and sale of
currency Quotas,
Tax laws tariffs
Government intervention in
foreign exchange market

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