我们注意到,在文中,固定汇率制度不是导致汇率绝对地固定,而是会形成较窄的波动带,汇率可以在
We observed in the text that“fixed” exchange rate systems can result not in absolutely fixed exchange rates but in narrow bands within which the exchange rate can move. For example,the gold points (mentioned in footnote 16) produce such bands under a gold standard. (Typically those bands were on the order of plus or minus i percent of the “central”exchange parity.) To what extent would such bands for the exchange rate allow the domestic interest rate to move independently of a foreign rate? Show that the answer depends on the maturity or term of the interest rate. To help your intuition,assume plus or minus i percent bands for the exchange rate,and consider, alternatively,rates on three month deposits,on six month deposits,and on one- year deposits. With such narrow bands,would there be much scope for independence in 10-year loan rates?