In 1981-1983, the world economy suffered a steep recession. Naturally, the fall in industrial countries' aggregate demand had a direct negative impact on the developing countries
What other mechanism was an even more important contributor to this event? A) the immediate steep inflation that followed the recession
B) the dollar's sharp depreciation in the foreign exchange market
C) the increase in primary commodity prices, increasing terms of trade in many poor countries
D) the collapse in primary commodity prices and the immediate, large rise in the interest burden that debtors had to pay
E) the influx of defaulting credit
D
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