When the Financial Crisis Started in August 2007,inflation Was Rising

Multiple Choice

When the financial crisis started in August 2007,inflation was rising and the Fed began an aggressive easing lowering of the federal funds rate,which indicated that

A) the Fed pursued an autonomous monetary policy tightening.
B) the Fed pursued an autonomous monetary policy easing.
C) the Fed had an automatic negative response to inflation based on the Taylor rule.
D) the Fed had an automatic positive response to inflation based on the Taylor rule.