Much of the credit for prevention of a financial market meltdown after "Black Monday" (October 19, 1987 ) must be given to the Federal Reserve System and then-chairman

A) Paul Volcker.
B) Alan Blinder.
C) Arthur Burns.
D) Alan Greenspan.


D

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