An Increase in Interest Rates Will Cause

question 23

Multiple Choice

An increase in interest rates will cause

• A) present values to rise.
• B) a dollar received today to be worth less than a dollar received a year from today.
• C) no changes in the capitalized worth of an asset.
• D) firms to undertake more projects whose rates of return are below the interest rate.
• E) bond prices to fall.

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Definitions:

RR Parent

Refers to a plant that is homozygous for the round seed shape allele in Mendelian genetics, "RR" signifies both alleles for a trait are the same (dominant).

Dominant Phenotype

The observable trait or characteristics of an organism that masks the effect of a recessive allele; it is expressed in the phenotype when a dominant allele is present.

Genotype

The genetic constitution of an individual organism, determining specific traits by its DNA sequence.

Aa

An abbreviation often used in genetics to denote a homozygous recessive genotype.