Which of the Following Statements Is True

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true?

• A) Downward sloping yield curves typically appear in the early to mid-period of a business expansion.
• B) The interest rate risk premium always adds an upward bias to the slope of the yield curve.
• C) If investors believe that inflation will be increasing in the near future, the yield curve will be downward sloping.
• D) the yield curve most commonly observed is downward-sloping.

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