An Unexpected ____ in the Consumer Price Index Tends to Create

question 11

Multiple Choice

An unexpected ____ in the consumer price index tends to create expectations of ____ interest rates and places ____ pressure on Treasury bond futures prices.

• A)increase; higher; downward
• B)increase; lower; downward
• C)increase; higher; upward
• D)decrease; higher; downward
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

National Origin

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Dormant Commerce Clause

A legal principle that restricts states from enacting legislation that discriminates against or excessively burdens interstate commerce.

Interstate Commerce

Commercial trade, business, movement of goods or money, or transportation from one state to another, regulated by the federal government according to powers given by the Constitution.

Burden

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