Apublic authority that provides banking services to commercial banks and regulates financial institutions and markets is called
a. commercial bank.
b. central bank.
c. mint.
d. thrift institution.
e. money market fun

Option B, central bank, is the right answer.

Explanation:

Option B is the correct answer because the central bank is the apex bank of the country which monitors banks and provide financial services. For example, the services of storing foreign exchange reserves, formulation of monetary policy and control of inflation. It determines the various interest rates and further these rates are being followed by commercial banks and financial institution.

parable of the tares

explanation:

giant impact theory - the moon was formed from the collision between earth and another mars-sized body.

colliding planetesimals hypothesis - the moon was formed from the same cloud of material as earth.

capture hypothesis - the moon was locked into orbit by earths gravity as it was passing by it.

accretion hypothesis - the moon was formed from collisions and combining of planetesimals.

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