The Relationship Between the Interest Rate and the Precautionary Demand

question 148

Multiple Choice

The relationship between the interest rate and the precautionary demand for money is

• A) positive.
• B) inverse.
• C) positive sometimes and inverse other times.
• D) nonexistent.

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