Balance of payments crises under fixed exchange rates occur because of
A) government policies that are inconsistent with fixed exchange rates.
B) punitive currency wars.
C) global inflation and trade imbalances due to war.
D) excessive exports and imports that overload the global system.
E) monotonic expansion in global currency volume.
A
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