Consider a small open economy where domestic and foreign prices are normalised, with , , and (notation: money supply, money demand, domestic interest rate, foreign interest rate, output, absorption, government spending, net exports, exchange rate, net capital inflows). Assume domestic and foreign assets are perfect substitutes, there is no arbitrage in equilibrium, the regime is flexible exchange rates, and the Marshall-Lerner condition holds. What will be the impact of an increase in government spending on imported goods?
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