Consider the Budget Constraint Between "Spending Today" on the Horizontal

question 459

Multiple Choice

Consider the budget constraint between "spending today" on the horizontal axis and "spending a year from today" on the vertical axis. Suppose that you have $100 today and expect to receive $100 one year from today. Your money market account pays an annual interest rate of 25%, and you may borrow money at that interest rate. Suppose now that the interest rate decreases to 10%. What happens to the slope of your budget constraint relative to when the interest rate was 25%? The slope

• A)becomes steeper.
• B)becomes flatter.
• C)doesn't change because the budget constraint shifts in parallel to the original budget constraint.
• D)doesn't change because the budget constraint shifts out parallel to the original budget constraint.

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