Which of the Following Statements Concerning the Volume of Outstanding

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements concerning the volume of outstanding bankers' acceptances in the United States since the 1920s is accurate?

• A)The volume had continually increased between the 1920s and the 1990s.
• B)The volume had continually decreased between the 1920s and the 1990s.
• C)The volume had risen and fallen over the decades between the 1920s and the 1990s.
• D)Statistics on the volume of bankers' acceptances outstanding are not available, so movements in the volume can only be guessed at.

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