OG 18 que no 726
Making things even more diffi cult has been general market inactivity lately, if not paralysis, which has provided little in the way of pricing guidance.
(A) has been general market inactivity lately, if not
paralysis, which has provided
(B) there is general market inactivity, if not paralysis,
lately it has provided
(C) general market inactivity, if not paralysis, has
lately provided
(D) lately, general market inactivity, if not paralysis,
has provided
(E) is that lately general market inactivity, if not
paralysis, which provides
Not able to understand the meaning or logic of the question
I think the answer is option D. Meaning is as follows, although it didn’t make much sense to me.
General market inactivity has provided little in the way of pricing guidance(Not sure what this means). This made things even more difficult in the recent times.
Another variant of the meaning of the sentence: General market inactivity has provided little help in guiding the pricing (of something or model). This made matters even worse in recent times.
Answer is right, still the meaning is not clear to me…
What “lately” & ” if not paralysis ” means in the statement???
Hi Shilpi,
The intended meaning is that
General market inactivity is creating problems lately (means in recent times) – Even though it has not yet gone to the level of paralysis, it is inactive
This whole thing has resulted in providing little in way of pricing guidance.
