Even though interest rates rose last year, they were not nearly as high as the early 1980s, when the economytumbled into a recession and markets were depressed.
A. they were not nearly as high as the early 1980s,when
B. they were not nearly as high as interest rates in the early 1980s,when
C. they were not nearlyat the levels theywere in the early 1980s, at the time when
D. they had not approached the high levels of the early 19805,during the time in which
E. the high levels of the 19805 were not being approached, when