Thrifts Suffered Problems in the 1970s as

question 4

Multiple Choice

Thrifts suffered problems in the 1970s as

• A) market interest rates rose above the rates thrifts could pay on deposits and savings accounts.
• B) thrift customers moved their funds from thrifts to money market mutual funds.
• C) government regulators severely limited the scope of activities that thrifts could undertake to grow their way out of trouble.
• D) all of the above occurred.
• E) only A and B of the above occurred.

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