FIGURE 5-11
imageThe Impact of Expansionary Fiscal Policy Abroad on the Real Exchange Rate Expansionary fiscal policy abroad reduces world saving and raises the world interest rate from r1* to r2*. The increase in the world interest rate reduces investment at home, which in turn raises the supply of Canadian dollars to be exchanged into foreign currencies. As a result, the equilibrium real exchange rate falls from ϵ1 to ϵ2.