The government regulates financial markets for three main reasons:

• A. to ensure soundness of the financial system, to improve control of monetary policy, and to increase the information available to investors.
• B. to improve control of monetary policy, to ensure that financial intermediaries earn a normal rate of return, and to increase the information available to investors.
• C. to ensure that financial intermediaries do not earn more than the normal rate of return, to ensure soundness of the financial system, and to improve control of monetary policy.
• D. to ensure soundness of financial intermediaries, to increase the information available to investors, and to prevent financial intermediaries from earning less than the normal rate of return.