Answer the Question Using the Table

question 144

Multiple Choice

Answer the question using the table. Figures are in billions of dollars. If the government passes a usury law that sets the interest rate 4 percent below the market equilibrium, the interest rate will be

• A)6 percent.
• B)8 percent.
• C)10 percent.
• D)12 percent.

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