[单项选择]
The Great Depression
Economists agree that the Wall Street crash of October 1929 heralded the Great Depression and by its dramatic effects on business, banking, and consumer confidence played a major role in worsening it. But many
others agree that the crash was not the real cause of the economic
turmoil. The severity of the Great Depression can be traced, at least on the American domestic front, to the impressive strength of the investment boom of the 1920s and to the vastly increased productivity of the agricultural sector in the aftermath of World War Ⅰ.
In the late 1920s there was a rapid rise in capital investment in the United States--both in productive industry and in the form of house building. The output of capital goods, that is, machinery and equipment used in the production process, rose by nearly a quarter between 1927 and 1929, and a great house-building explosion which had begun in 192
A. To reduce the economic uncertainty.
B. To increase the profits of shareholders.
C. To improve industrial efficiency.
D. To stop the economy from overheatin