If the Yield Curve Is Upward Sloping, Then Short-Term Debt

question 38

True/False

If the yield curve is upward sloping, then short-term debt will be cheaper than long-term debt.Thus, if a firm's CFO expects the yield curve to continue to have an upward slope, this would tend to cause the current ratio to be relatively low, other things held constant.

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