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Arbitrage and Interest Rate Convergence

Imagine a small country has a perfectly credible fixed exchange rate with a large neighboring country. The interest rate in the large country is 4%. For a brief period, the interest rate in the small country rises to 6%. Describe the sequence of actions that international investors would take and the subsequent response from the small country's central bank required to maintain the currency peg. What will be the ultimate effect on the small country's interest rate?

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