Activity in Money Markets Increased Significantly in the Late 1970s

question 16

Multiple Choice

Activity in money markets increased significantly in the late 1970s and early 1980s because of

• A) rising short-term interest rates.
• B) regulations that limited what banks could pay for deposits.
• C) both A and B of the above.
• D) neither A nor B of the above.

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