In August 2011, Standard & Poor's (S&P) changed its rating on U.S. Treasury bonds from "AAA" to "AA+" based on the state of the federal government's budget deficit

This was the ________ a rating agency had given Treasury bonds less than a rating of "AAA".
A) first time ever B) second time since the year 2000
C) fifth time in history D) first time since the Great Depression

C

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A) the money and forex markets B) the goods and forex markets C) the goods and money markets D) the goods, money, and forex markets

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Identify the cause and the effect in the following examples:

a. Lower infant mortality and an improvement in nutrition b. A surge in cocoa prices and a pest attack on the cocoa crop that year

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