The Desire for Floating-Rate Bonds, and Consequently Their Increased Usage

question 83

True/False

The desire for floating-rate bonds, and consequently their increased usage, arose out of the experience of the early 1980s, when inflation pushed interest rates up to high levels and thus caused sharp declines in the prices of outstanding bonds.

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