Central Banks” Response to Asset Price Bubbles: Lessons From The Subprime Crisis

1) When asset prices increase above their fundamental values it is called an ________.

A) asset price bubble

B) irrational bubble

C) asset price spike

D) irrational spike

2) Suppose interest rates are kept very low for a long time such that there is a spike in the amountof lending. Everything else held constant, this could cause ________ bubble.

A) an irrational exuberance

B) a credit driven

C) a stock

D) a debt driven

3) A credit driven bubble arises when ________ in lending causes ________ in asset prices which can cause ________ in lending.

A) a decrease; a decrease; an increase

B) a decrease; an increase; an increase

C) an increase; an increase; a further increase

D) a decrease; a decrease; a further decrease