In ref to point 1 here, can you kindly help me understand, how to eliminate B?
Context - Say, all the people stop spending on non-essentials but at the same time people without jobs deplete their savings for essentials - as a result, there's no net increase in the overall savings.
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I think this is a poor-quality question and I don't agree with the explanation. The wording of this question is ambiguous. It is not clear to who the "general public" refers. As a result, the correct answer could be B as well.
Hi. Thank you for the feedback and your comment.
1. General public is an expression used to refer to everyone living in the country. It is basically all residents.
2. The question does not ask anything related to the laid off workers. It rather asks about a pattern in saving money:
1. Some people are laid off
2. Everyone else gets scared
3. They expect everyone to stop spending and start saving because fear drives this behavior
4. However there is no increase in savings.
Hope this somewhat clarifies.
Thank you for the feedback again - really appreciate it. We regularly review questions (not me, I am just replying) to update and revise them.
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