Under the Bretton Woods System,the IMF Could Encourage Deficit Countries

question 86

Multiple Choice

Under the Bretton Woods system,the IMF could encourage deficit countries to pursue contractionary monetary policies that would ________ their currency or eliminate their balance of payment ________.

• A) strengthen; surpluses
• B) strengthen; deficits
• C) weaken; surpluses
• D) weaken; deficits

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