Which of the Following Statements Is Most Correct

question 18

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most correct?

• A)Extended refunding is one of the new debt-management techniques used to extend the average maturity of the marketable debt without disturbing the financial markets and occurs when the Treasury offers the owners of a given issue the opportunity to exchange their holdings well in advance of the holdings' regular maturity for new securities of longer maturity.
• B)Investment grade bonds have ratings of Aaa or higher and meet financial institution (banks, pension funds, insurance companies, etc.) investment standards.
• C)In reaction to the then developing 2007-2009 financial crisis, short-term interest rates declined sharply and were less than 100 percent by October, 2008.
• D)Laddered refunding is one of the new debt-management techniques used to extend the average maturity of the marketable debt without disturbing the financial markets and occurs when the Treasury offers the owners of a given issue the opportunity to exchange their holdings well in advance of the holdings' regular maturity for new securities of longer maturity.
• E)none of the above

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