If Interest Rates Rise Due to Inflation, and Expected Cash

question 114

Multiple Choice

If interest rates rise due to inflation, and expected cash flows to a firm rise, then you would expect stock prices to

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

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