Suppose the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Federal Reserve Bank decide to coordinate policy in an effort to lower the dollar exchange rate (that is, to reduce the number of Japanese yen needed to purchase one dollar).
The policy coordination needed to reduce the dollar exchange rate requires the BOJ to pursue ____ monetary policy and the Fed to pursue ___ monetary policy.
A. Contractionary; contractionary
B. Contractionary; expansionary
C. Expansionary; expansionary
D. Expansionary; contractionary
Explain.