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Italy and the United Kingdom Abandoned Their Exchange Rate Targets

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Italy and the United Kingdom abandoned their exchange rate targets in 1992 because


A) they had achieved their goal of stabilizing output
B) they replaced their domestic currencies with the Euro
C) all the other European countries did the same
D) Germany raised interest rates to fight inflation, but concomitant tightening exacerbated recession in Italy and the UK
E) productivity shocks in Italy and the UK created unexpected currency appreciations too often to counteract successfully with monetary policy

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