With fixed exchange rates and no private currency flows, what happens to the domestic money supply when the central bank buys domestic currency?

Correct answer B. It is reduced

Explanation

When the central bank buys its own currency with foreign reserves, that domestic money is taken out of circulation, so the domestic money supply contracts.

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