Answer-Select the phrase (STARTERS) from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentenc...

Statement I describes the action of central banks raising benchmark interest rates, while Statement II describes the drop in consumer spending. Option i uses As to connect the two events and can be followed by Statement II As central banks raised benchmark interest rates to curb rising inflation, consumer spending on non-essential luxury goods dropped significantly this quarter. Hence, i is correct. Option ii is incorrect because the participial phrase Raising benchmark interest rates to curb rising inflation, central banks... must be followed by a clause whose subject is central banks. If Statement II is attached, the sentence becomes grammatically faulty Raising benchmark interest rates..., central banks consumer spending... Option iii is incorrect because Although expresses contrast, whereas the two statements do not present contrasting ideas.

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Select the phrase (STARTER

I Central banks raised benchmark interest rates to curb rising inflation. (I
I Consumer spending on non-essential luxury goods dropped significantly this quarter. (i) As central banks raised benchmark interest rates to curb rising inflation... (ii) Raising benchmark interest rates to curb rising inflation, central banks... (iii) Although consumer spending on non-essential luxury goods dropped significantly this quarter...
S from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same meaning as expressed in the statement sentences. (