Country A follows a fixed exchange rate policy that pegs its currency to the currency of country B, which is its main trading partner in a world where international capital is fully mobile. However, due to unresolved structural inefficiencies (for example, excessive bureaucracy), prices in country A tend to increase more than prices in country B. Over time, if nothing else changes, and provided that country A is committed to its current exchange rate policy, which of the following problems is not anticipated for country A? a. Economic recession. O b. Growing deficit in international trade balance. c. Worsening inflation. Od. Decreasing reserve assets. Oe. Growing external indebtedness.

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