The System of Adjustable Parities Allowed for the Devaluation of a Country's

question 107

Multiple Choice

The system of adjustable parities allowed for the devaluation of a country's currency by more than 10 percent if the International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed that a:

• A) country was in a trade surplus with the other member countries.
• B) country's balance of payments was in "fundamental disequilibrium."
• C) country had achieved balance-of-trade equilibrium.
• D) country's imports were lower than its exports.
• E) country was facing price inflation.

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