If Interest Rates Increase Due to Inflation, but Expected Cash

question 46

Multiple Choice

If interest rates increase due to inflation, but expected cash flows to a firm do not change, then you would expect stock prices to

• A) rise.
• B) rise and then decline.
• C) remain unchanged.
• D) decline.
• E) decline and then rise.

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Definitions:

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