The Triffin Dilemma highlights the inherent instability of an international monetary system reliant on:
AGold reserves backing all paper currencies
BA single national currency as the global reserve currency
CFloating exchange rate regimes
DMultilateral trade agreements
Explanation
Robert Triffin showed that a reserve currency country must run continuous current account deficits to supply global liquidity, undermining long-term trust in its currency.
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