Twelve years ago and again five years ago, there wereextended periods when the Darfir Republic's currency, the pundra, wasweak: its value was unusually lowrelative to the world's most stable currencies. Both times a weak pundra made Darfir's manufactured products a bargainon world markets, and Darfir's exports were up substantially. Now some politicians are saying that, inorder to cause another similarly sized increase in exports, the governmentshould allow the pundra to become weak again.

　　Which of the following, if true, provides the governmentwith the strongest grounds to doubt that the politicians' recommendation, iffollowed, will achieve its aim?

　　(A) Several of the politicians now recommending that thepundra be allowed to become weak made that same recommendation before each ofthe last two periods of currency weakness.

　　(B) After several decades of operating well below peakcapacity, Darfir's manufacturing sector is now operating at near-peak levels.

　　(C) The economy of a country experiencing a rise inexports will become healthier only if the country's currency is strong or therise in exports is significant.

　　(D) Those countries whose manufactured products competewith Darfir's on the world market all currently have stable currencies.

　　(E) A sharp improvement in the efficiency of Darfir'smanufacturing plants would make Darfir's products a bargain on world marketseven without any weakening of the pundra relative to other currencies.

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