The Term Structure of Interest Rates

question 40

Multiple Choice

The term structure of interest rates

• A) changes daily to reflect current competitive conditions in the money and capital markets.
• B) plots returns for securities of different risk.
• C) shows the relative interest rate spread between bonds with different risk ratings such as AAA, AA, A, BBB, and so on.
• D) depicts interest rates for T-bills over the last year.

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