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Under Bretton Woods, which currency alone stayed convertible into gold?
AUS dollar
BBritish pound
CFrench franc
DJapanese yen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. US dollar
The system was anchored on the US dollar, the only currency backed by gold convertibility.
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