The HKMA undertook a foreign exchange intervention (FXI) to defend Hong Kong dollars from depreciating. The FXI (increased/decreased) the HKMA's holdings of foreign assets by $1 million. To sterilize the monetary effect of the FXI, the HKMA would increase its domestic assets by (purchasing/selling) $1 million of government bonds. Group of answer choices decreased; selling. increased; selling. decreased; purchasing. increased; purchasing