All of the Following Contributed to the Banking Crisis of 2008

question 16

Multiple Choice

All of the following contributed to the banking crisis of 2008 EXCEPT:

• A) the Federal Reserve Bank had kept interest rates at unprecedentedly low levels.
• B) banks and other lending institutions issued "subprime" mortgages.
• C) Wall Street bankers developed complex ways of repackaging and selling "subprime" mortgages to investors.
• D) the Federal Reserve Bank and other regulatory agencies slowed the speculative frenzy.
• E) public and private policies favored economic speculation and get-rich-quick schemes.

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Definitions:

Unscrupulous Fraud

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Account Hijacking

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Identity Theft

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