Q: Recent indicators of weakness in the economy have led consumers to be more conservative with their pressures; so depressed have sales figures been as a result that the government has launched several initiatives to actively encourage consumer spending.

b) the sales figures have been so depressed as a result that
c) as a result, so depressed has the sales been that
d)the resulting sales figures having been so depressed that
e)the sales figures have been so depressed that, as a result

The main idea of first sentence is talking about sales figure, so I think the answer should be e.
Answer: A