Under a system of free-floating exchange rates, a nation will experience

A. persistent surpluses in its balance of payments.
B. persistent deficits in its balance of payments.
C. a tendency toward equilibrium in its balance of payments.
D. persistent surpluses in its balance of trade.


Ans: C. a tendency toward equilibrium in its balance of payments.

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