The commercial paper market was an important ingredient for the Great Recession because:

a. It is the market on which mortgages are financed, and, due to the Great Recession, this market dried up.
b. It is the market on which many companies finance their daily working capital needs and, due to the Great Recession, this market dried up.
c. The commercial paper market was the only financing source open to companies during the great recession.
d. All of the above.


.B

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