a small local bank has made many loans to several energy companies recently because these companies have had no problem repaying their loans in the past. if energy prices suddenly drop and the companies cannot pay their loans, what is the most likely effect on the local money supply? (3 points)
select one:

a. the bank would not be greatly affected, and the money supply would not change.
b. the bank would have a minor increase in business, and the money supply would increase.
c. the bank would immediately make more loans, and the money supply would increase.
d. the bank would be negatively affected, and the money supply would decrease.

In a property settlement after a divorce, the wife was awarded all personal property that had been accumulated during the marriage, including the husband's classic 19-inch black-and-white tv set. in order to get his prized tv set back, the husband lied to his friend, telling him that the wife took the tv set in violation of the property settlement. the friend remembered that the wife gave the friend's wife a key to her new home, and he volunteered to go with the husband to get the tv back while the wife was at work. the husband and the friend went to the wife's house, but, unbeknownst to them, the wife had taken the day off work. after the friend noisily opened the back door with his wife's key, the wife called the police, who quickly arrived and arrested the husband and the friend. as to a charge of common law conspiracy to commit larceny, how should the friend be found?