38.Standard & Poor's forecast for country A's GDP growth rate was cut by 1 percentage.point to 5.5 percent as the entire Asia region feels the pressure of ongoingeconomic uncertainty. Country A has averaged 7 percent growth in GDP since 2007.Based on this story, it is most likely that the slowdown reflects a(A) temporary business cycle slowdown.(B) temporary business cycle expansion.(C) change to India's long-term economic growth rate.(D) shrinkage of India's economy.