[a lowering of interest ra...] One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lower

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One view of the economy contends that a large drop in oil prices should eventually lead to lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation, a rally in stocks and bonds, and a weakening of the dollar.

lowering interest rates, as well as lowering fears about inflation,

a lowering of interest rates and of fears about inflation,

a lowering of interest rates, along with fears about inflation,

interest rates being lowered, along with fears about inflation,

interest rates and fears about inflation being lowered, with

Explanation:
At issue is the need for logical and formal parallelism in a coordinate series. B, the best choice, clearly and correctly uses parallel noun phrases to list three effects of a drop in oil prices: a lowering of..., a rally in ..., and a weakening of.... In place of the correct lower before/ears, choice A uses an incorrect participial adjective, lowering, that could cause confusion by seeming at first to function as a verb. A also violates parallelism. In C and D, the use of along with confuses meaning by making fears about inflation an independent effect, not an object of lowering. D and E violate parallelism by substituting an awkward gerund clause for the first noun phrase.

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