Because an Increase in the Nominal Interest Rate Raises the Opportunity

question 61

Multiple Choice

Because an increase in the nominal interest rate raises the opportunity costs of holding money, the money demand curve:

• A)shifts to the right.
• B)shifts to the left.
• C)slopes upward.
• D)slopes downwarD.

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