If a Particular Bank Regularly Announces Changes in Its Interest

question 243

Multiple Choice

If a particular bank regularly announces changes in its interest rate schedules before its competitors, who then set rates very close to those announced by that bank, this could be described as

• A)markup pricing.
• B)predatory pricing.
• C)price leadership.
• D)explicit price collusion.

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