A major cause of the Great Recession was:

a. A severe increase is U.S. banking regulations that prohibited or stalled the free market.
b.Excessive foreign exchange speculation.
c. Contractionary fiscal policies.
d. Excessive money creation by the Federal Reserve immediately before and during the downturn.
e. A shift from an "originate-to-hold" to an "originate-to-distribute" mortgage origination strategy.


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