The local banking industry currently has a Herfindahl-Hirschman index (HHI) value of 1575 and two of the competing banks have considered merging. Because the merger would raise the HHI by 215 points, the Federal Trade Commission would likely
A) challenge the merger.
B) not challenge the merger.
C) allow the merger under the condition that HHI does not rise by more than 215 points as promised.
D) allow the merger under the condition that the HHI remain at the premerger level of 1575.
A
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