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Lowering Interest Rate!

by gmat_perfect » Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:48 pm
One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.

(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,

(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,

(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,

(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,

(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with
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by loveusonu » Sun Jun 20, 2010 12:57 pm
gmat_perfect wrote:One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.

(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,

(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,

(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,

(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,

(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with
B: parallelism is tested here.
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by grockit_andrea » Sun Jun 20, 2010 1:03 pm
gmat_perfect wrote:One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.

(A) lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,

(B) a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,

(C) a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,

(D) interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,

(E) interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with
I'd say B here. Every other choice seems to imply, though the sentence's structure, that a rally in stocks and bonds will be lowered. That just doesn't make sense. Choice B parallels a lowering of interest rates with one of fears about inflation, and then lists the other two elements, making it clear that what should be parallel is a lowering, a rally, and a weakening.
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by hardik.jadeja » Sun Jun 20, 2010 2:47 pm
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