Under the gold standard, all except one of the following are true.Which is not true?
A) Paper currency was convertible into gold at a fixed rate.
B) A balance-of-payments deficit would result in a loss of gold.
C) A balance-of-payments surplus would result in an inflow in gold.
D) The money supply of any country was largely determined by flows of gold.
E) A surplus country experienced a rise in its money supply and a drop in its price level.
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A)established a worldwide gold
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A)has been in operation since
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A)nations could not
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A)nations could not
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A)fixed exchange rates in
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