A Feature Common to All Financial Intermediaries Is That They

question 81

Multiple Choice

A feature common to all financial intermediaries is that they

• A) buy and sell information about savers and borrowers.
• B) have a comparative advantage in gathering and evaluating information about borrowers.
• C) act as agents for buyers and sellers in the money market.
• D) shift the risk of investing from borrowers to savers.
• E) collect funds from a few savers and distribute the funds to many borrowers.

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