The general role of financial intermediaries is to: A.Provide advice to consumers on how they should handle their finances. B. Help ensure there is enough money in circulation. C.Provide funds to the federal government to finance a trade deficit. D. Channel money from savers to those who want to borrow. Solution D. Channel money from savers to those who want to borrow. Explaination: A financial intermediary is a financial institution that borrows from savers and lend to individuals or firms that need resources for investment. The investments made by financial intermediaries can be in loan and/or securities. The principle role of financial intermediaries is transforming financial assets that are less desirable for a large part of the public into other financial asset, which is preferred more by the public. This transformation involves at least four economical functions: providing maturity intermediation, risk reduction via diversifications, reducing the costs of contracting and information processing and providing a payment mechanism. .