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.