In October 2008,central banks around the world coordinated a decrease in interest rates. Ben Bernanke,Chairman of the Federal Reserve stated that "policy makers will remain in close contact,monitor developments closely and stand ready to take additional steps should conditions warrant." If all the banks enacted the policy simultaneously,the U.S.interest rate differential would ________ and so the U.S.exchange rate would ________.

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When all central banks decrease interest rates simultaneously, the interest rate differential remains unchanged, and thus the exchange rate is not directly affected by the differential.

In October 2008,central Banks Around the World Coordinated a Decrease