A passage is given below with five blanks labelled (A)-(E). Below the passage, five options are given for each blank. Choose the word that fits each blank most appropriately in the context of the passage, and mark the corresponding answer.
The New Deal Congress reacted to the __(A)__ belief that the bankers and brokers had caused the crash by giving Roosevelt and his appointees extraordinary __ (B)__ to manipulate money and banking, which if they had used recklessly might have damaged the financial industry and the American economy. Roosevelt managed to avoid some of the potential __ (C) __ from business by judicious use of power and by careful appointments, as when he __ (D) __ nervous bankers by appointing veteran trader Joseph. Within a few years, businessmen gave only SEC among New Deal __ (E) __ agencies a greater than 50 percent approval rating.