In Actual Practice,short-Term Interest Rates Are Just as Likely to Fall

question 76

Multiple Choice

In actual practice,short-term interest rates are just as likely to fall as to rise; this is the major shortcoming of the

• A) market segmentation theory.
• B) expectations theory.
• C) liquidity premium theory.
• D) separable markets theory.

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