A persistent shortage or surplus of a currency under the Bretton Woods system was evidence of

A) failure to support the existing fixed exchange rate by central banks.
B) speculation against the currency by speculators in world exchange markets.
C) fundamental disequilibrium in the country's exchange rate.
D) all of the above


C

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When a firm doubles its inputs, its output:

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