Well i would assume this is a simile since the use of “as” and it’s comparing one thing to another :)
Made somewhere for the rain waters to go and provided a means of transportation
Answer:
The 1970s saw some of the highest rates of inflation in the United States in recent history, with interest rates rising in turn to nearly 20%. Central bank policy, the abandonment of the gold window, Keynesian economic policy, and market psychology all contributed to this decade of high inflation.
