A financial panic was averted in October 1987 following "Black Monday" when the Fed announced that
A) it was lowering the discount rate.
B) it would provide discount loans to any bank that would make loans to the security industry.
C) it stood ready to purchase common stocks to prevent a further slide in stock prices.
D) it was raising the discount rate.
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