Historical Currency Analysis
An economist is studying the financial data of Country A and Country B from a period before they formed a monetary union. The economist observes two consistent trends: 1) The policy interest rate in Country A was consistently about 3 percentage points higher than in Country B. 2) The value of Country A's currency, measured in units of Country B's currency, steadily declined by approximately 3% each year. The economist concludes that this situation was rational and predictable. Analyze these two trends and explain the economic reasoning that would support the economist's conclusion.
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