25. Which of the following statements is correct?
(A) In the United States, banks are the most important source of long-term financing for corporations.
(B) The cost of capital is the interest rate paid on a loan from a bank or some other financial institution.
(C) One root of the financial crisis of 2007-2009 was the strict money policies promoted by the U.S. Federal Reserve and other central banks after the technology bubble burst.
(D) Financing for private companies must flow through financial intermediaries such as mutual funds.
(E) The key to the banks' ability to make illiquid loans is their ability to pool liquid deposits from thousands of depositors.