In Practice,under the EMS,a Member Country

question 51

Multiple Choice

In practice,under the EMS,a member country

• A)could never change its interest rate.
• B)could change its interest rate only if other countries changed theirs as well.
• C)must apply to a special European Commission in order to change its interest rate.
• D)had complete freedom in choosing the interest rate it wanted.
• E) had complete freedom in choosing its interest rate only if it is a very small country.

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