When news periodicals begin forecasting a recession, people

When news periodicals begin forecasting a recession, people tend to spend less money on discretionary purchases. Therefore, the perceived threat of recession decreases the willingness of people to purchase products that they regard as optional or luxury goods.

The argument above assumes that _

(A) there are more luxury goods available after a recession is forecast
(B) recently, the threat of recession has been increasingly publicized as news periodicals have grown more pervasive
(C) most people do not regularly read news periodicals
(D) people's perception of the threat of recession increases when news periodicals begin forecasting a recession
(E) the people who spent the most money before a recession was forecast were among those who curtailed their spending after the recession became apparent

yeah on negating i got D.
but can u plz explain wats wrong with E

When news periodicals begin forecasting a recession, people tend to spend less money on discretionary purchases. Therefore, the perceived threat of recession decreases the willingness of people to purchase products that they regard as optional or luxury goods.

The argument above assumes that _

(A) there are more luxury goods available after a recession is forecast
(B) recently, the threat of recession has been increasingly publicized as news periodicals have grown more pervasive
(C) most people do not regularly read news periodicals
(D) people's perception of the threat of recession increases when news periodicals begin forecasting a recession
(E) the people who spent the most money before a recession was forecast were among those who curtailed their spending after the recession became apparent

HI Rajech,

Let me see if I can help -

D is actually not re-stating. Read carefeully, the answer never actually say that there is a link.

Both B&E pre-suppose that link. So without D, neither of them make sense.

Does that help?

james

When news periodicals begin forecasting a recession, people tend to spend less money on discretionary purchases. Therefore, the perceived threat of recession decreases the willingness of people to purchase products that they regard as optional or luxury goods.

The argument above assumes that _

(A) there are more luxury goods available after a recession is forecast
(B) recently, the threat of recession has been increasingly publicized as news periodicals have grown more pervasive
(C) most people do not regularly read news periodicals
(D) people's perception of the threat of recession increases when news periodicals begin forecasting a recession
(Let's see. New Ps begin forecasting, then perception of threat increases, then people spend less $. If that's true, then it IS the case that the perception of the threat leads people to spend less $. This one is looking better than B.)
(E) the people who spent the most money before a recession was forecast were among those who curtailed their spending after the recession became apparent
( Hmm. This one sounds good, too. Maybe if the biggest spenders keep spending during the recession, then the overall amount of money being spent won't go down that much…although the argument doesn't really seem to depend on how much it goes down. Oh, wait: this says “after the recession began”—but the conclusion is about a “perceived threat of a future recession.” Nice trap!)

When news periodicals begin forecasting a recession, people tend to spend less money on discretionary purchases. Therefore, the perceived threat of recession decreases the willingness of people to purchase products that they regard as optional or luxury goods.

The argument above assumes that _

(A) there are more luxury goods available after a recession is forecast
(B) recently, the threat of recession has been increasingly publicized as news periodicals have grown more pervasive
(C) most people do not regularly read news periodicals
(D) people's perception of the threat of recession increases when news periodicals begin forecasting a recession
(E) the people who spent the most money before a recession was forecast were among those who curtailed their spending after the recession became apparent