Refer to the Following Table to Answer the Following Questions

question 9

Multiple Choice

Refer to the following table to answer the following questions.
Table 7.1: U.S. Employment Status (in thousands)
-Consider Table 7.1. Between 2010 and 2015, the unemployment rate ________ and the employment-population ratio ________ (rounded to 1 decimal point) .

• A) rose; fell
• B) rose; rose
• C) fell; rose
• D) fell; fell
• E) Not enough information is given.

Analyze the relationship between bond prices and yields, including the effects of yield to maturity on bond pricing.

Estimate the credit risk premium on corporate bonds in comparison to treasury bonds based on their yield to maturity and price.

Understand the concept of sovereign default and identify historical instances of such defaults.

Understand the concept and application of visual representation of data through charts.

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Definitions:

Structured Interview

An interview method where each interviewee is asked the same set of prepared questions in the same order to ensure consistency and comparability of responses.

Individual

Pertains to a single human being as distinct from a group, community, or family.

Likert-type

Scales commonly used in questionnaires that measure attitudes by asking respondents to rate their level of agreement or disagreement on a symmetric agree-disagree scale for a series of statements.

Informal Assessment

Evaluative processes or tools that are unstandardized and non-systematic, often used in educational or training contexts.