Given R₁=

question 45

Multiple Choice

Given r₁= .050 and r₂= .054, what can you deduce about investor's expectations of future short-term interest rates if the expectations hypothesis is correct?

• A) Investors expect future short-term rates to be greater than current short-term rates.
• B) Investors expect future short-term rates to be less than current short-term rates.
• C) Investors expect future short-term rates to be equal to current short-term rates.

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