When the market believes there is huge potential for profit in an industry segment, forcing prices to increase above the likely benefits that stakeholders will receive, a ________ is created
A) liquidity crisis
B) bubble
C) fiscal shock
D) asset crisis
E) credit freeze
Answer: B
Explanation: A bubble is a market situation in which frenzied demand for an asset pushes the price of that asset far beyond its true economic value. The given scenario describes a bubble.
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