Question

7. The Moroccan monetary authority is using a heavily-managed float to keep the dirham at U.S. $0.12 per dirham. Under current foreign exchange market conditions, nonofficial supply and demand would clear at U.S. $0.15 per dirham.
a. Using official intervention, what does the official Moroccan monetary authority have to do to keep the exchange rate at U.S. $0.12 per dirham?
b. If the monetary authority believes that this is a temporary disequilibrium, what does the authority expect to happen soon?
c. If private investors and speculators believe that this is a fundamental disequilibrium, what actions are they likely to take?

Answer 1

Based on the information given, the thing that should be done to keep the exchange rate at $0.12 per dirham is to sell foreign currencies to get more dirham.

It should be noted that since the non-official supply and demand of dirham is pegged at $0.15/ Dirham and the actual rate is $0.12/dirham, it implies that the Dirham is devaluated.

 

The authority will believe that due to devaluation, net export will rise and this will increase the income of the country.

Lastly, the private investors and speculators will not invest because the currency has lost its value compared to the dollars.

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