Under the Bretton Woods system, a country with a balance of payments deficit

A. could get loans from the U.S. government.
B. could devalue if deflationary policies failed to eliminate the deficit.
C. was not allowed to devalue under any circumstance.
D. was required to devalue its currency immediately.

Answer: B

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