Economics 9708 · AS & A Level · Oligopoly

Oligopoly — practice question

A global financial crisis was partly caused by what commercial banks did. Which actions taken by commercial banks could have caused the financial crisis?

  • Abeing subject to tight controls by the central bank over credit creation
  • Bholding reserves above the reserve ratio agreed with the central bank
  • Ctaking excessive risks by demanding insufficient security from borrowers
  • Dwidening the gap in favour of a bank’s assets over liabilities

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