(P.133s)The Present Floating Exchange Rate System Was

question 16

Multiple Choice

(p.133s) The present floating exchange rate system was

• A)designed by the IMF and implemented flawlessly in 1973.
• B)established by the major trading nations in 1972 after Nixon closed the gold window.
• C)implemented in tandem with a reintroduction of the gold standard.
• D)established after several trials in which central bankers set rates incorrectly and speculators corrected them in the markets,and formalized after the fact in the IMF's Jamaica Agreement.

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