Changes in the Overnight Interest Rate Usually Result in

question 86

Multiple Choice

Changes in the overnight interest rate usually result in

• A)changes in both short-term and long-term interest rates with more of an effect on short-term interest rates.
• B)changes in both short-term and long-term interest rates with more of an effect on long-term interest rates.
• C)changes in both short-term and long-term interest rates with equal effect on both.
• D)no change in both short-term and long-term interest rates.
• E)changes in the short-term real interest rate but not the short-term nominal interest rate.

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