Spending That Is Not Controlled by Annual Budget Decisions, but Rather

question 78

Multiple Choice

Spending that is not controlled by annual budget decisions, but rather by legislation that establishes eligibility requirements is referred to as​ _______________________.

• A) ​mandatory spending
• B) ​outlays
• C) ​discretionary spending
• D) ​budget surplus
• E) ​monetary policy

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Definitions:

Treasury Yields

Treasury yields are the returns on investment for U.S. government debt obligations, such as bonds, notes, and bills, serving as a benchmark for other interest rates.

Systematic Risk

Systematic risk is the part of an investment's risk that is attributable to factors that affect the entire market or asset class, such as economic, political, or natural events, and cannot be eliminated through diversification.

Security Characteristic Line

A graphical representation of the expected return of an asset as a function of the return on the market portfolio, illustrating the asset's systematic risk.

Excess Return

The return achieved by an asset that exceeds the risk-free rate of return.