Multiple Choice
One reason for the US housing bubble in the early 2000s was the low interest rate policy of the US Federal Reserve, which:
A) distorted interest rates and asset prices
B) diverted funding into wrong instruments
C) motivated a shift away from fixed rate loans in favour of adjustable rate loans
D) all the answers given
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