If You Yield Curve Is Humped and the Medium Rates

question 39

Multiple Choice

If you yield curve is humped and the medium rates drop, what will happen to the yield curve?

• A) It will move from negative to positive
• B) It will shift up in a uniform fashion
• C) It will become steeper
• D) It will flatten

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