The given question has three blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the combination of words that would fit in the blanks correctly.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was faced with the difficult choice of either _________ down on fiscal spending and halting the _________ economic recovery, or continuing to spend while _________ on overburdened taxpayers to foot the bill.

A. Clamping

B. Beguile

C. Fledgling

D. Relying

E. Cajole