Some authorities choose goals 1 and 3, prime examples being the United States and the United Kingdom; these two countries are free to raise or lower domestic interest rates to achieve domestic macroeconomic goals such as inflation control and economic growth, and they permit free movement of capital into and out of the country. However,they have to forgo the possibility of a fixed exchange rate in order to do this. For instance, an aggressive cut in short-term interest rates is likely to lead to large capital outflows and a depreciation of their currencies, meaning that they cannot maintain a fixed exchange rate. The UK, which switched from the right-hand side to the base of the triangle when its membership of the European exchange rate mechanism ended in 1992, was free to cut interest rates as monetary policy autonomy was restored.