Under a Gold Standard

question 19

Multiple Choice

Under a gold standard

• A) there cannot be a balance of payments deficit.
• B) there cannot be a balance of payments surplus.
• C) balance of payments imbalances should be quickly corrected by gold flows.
• D) countries must sterilize all gold transactions.

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