Critical Reasoning (CR) | Re: Economist: Construction moves faster in good weather than in bad, so m

When I read the correct option (D), my first reaction is that it is too "common sense" to be true. It is a bit weird to see such a formal test use a common sense as a valid premise. Although now I can see that (D) works well with the first reason( loan are often given a year inadvance ), to deliver a message" builders need to apply for the loans more than one year in advance and it is hard for them to take an one-year weather forecast into account as the forecast could bewrong
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