Multiple Choice
The Federal Reserve provided a loan to finance J. P. Morgan's purchase of Bear Stearns because Bear Stearns was too
A) big to let fail.
B) important to the check clearing process to let fail.
C) interconnected with other banks to let fail.
D) large of a holder of U.S. Treasury's deposits.
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