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Lowering in the official value of a currency with respect to gold or foreign currency is called:

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depreciation
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devaluation
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deflation
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denominator
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Solution

The correct option is B devaluation
A devaluation is an official lowering of the value of a country's currency within a fixed exchange-rate system, in which a monetary authority formally sets a lower exchange rate of the national currency in relation to a foreign reference currency or currency basket.

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