Question content area top Part 1 The currency crisis of 1992 caused France and a number of other countries to choose between Question content area bottom Part 1 A. competitive devaluations and falling unemployment. B. lowering interest rates and reducing unemployment. C. doing the right thing for their domestic economy and defending the exchange rate. D. a single currency for the EU and keeping their own currency.
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