When the Financial Crisis Started in August 2007, Inflation Was

When the financial crisis started in August 2007, inflation was rising and the Bank of Canada began an aggressive easing lowering of the overnight rate, which indicated that ________.

A) the Bank of Canada pursued an autonomous monetary policy tightening
B) the Bank of Canada pursued an autonomous monetary policy easing
C) the Bank of Canada had an automatic negative response to inflation based on the Taylor rule
D) the Bank of Canada had an automatic positive response to inflation based on the Taylor rule