Assume the Market Segmentation Theory Is True

question 95

Multiple Choice

Assume the market segmentation theory is true. If investors believe that inflation will be higher in the future than it is now, then the term structure of interest rates will be:

• A) upward sloping.
• B) flat.
• C) downward sloping.
• D) humped.
• E) Any of the above.

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