更多"[简答题] Monetary policy affects inter"的相关试题:
[单选题] Monetary policy affects
A. interest rates.
B. inflation.
C. business cycles.
D. all of the above.
[单选题]It is reported that air pollution affects rivers and lakes indirectly because it causes acid rain.
A. 据报道，空气污染导致酸雨，因而对河流和湖泊造成间接影响。
B. 据报道，空气污染了河流和湖泊，间接的原因是因为有酸雨。
C. 据报道，空气污染间接来源于河流和湖泊的污染，因为后者会导致酸雨。
D. 据报道，空气污染对河流和湖泊的影响是间接的，因为它的成因是酸雨。
[单选题] Typically, increasing interest rates
A. discourages individuals from saving.
B. discourages corporate investments.
C. encourages corporate expansion.
D. encourages corporate borrowing.
E. none of the above.
[简答题] Mortgage interest rates loosely track interest rates on three-month Treasury bills.
[单选题] Interest rates are important to financial institutions since an interest rate increase ________ the cost of acquiring funds and ________ the income from assets.
A. decreases; decreases
B. increases; increases
C. decreases; increases
D. increases; decreases
[简答题] Interest rates can be accurately described as the rental price of money.
[简答题] Different interest rates have a tendency to move in unison.
[简答题] Interest rates are determined in the bond markets.
[简答题] Interest rates on banker's acceptances are low because the risk of default is very low.
[单选题] To sell an old bond when interest rates have ________, the holder will have to ________ the price of the bond until the yield to the buyer is the same as the market rate.
A. risen; lower
B. risen; raise
C. fallen; lower
D. risen; inflate
[单选题] (I. Because interest rates on Treasury bills are more volatile than rates on long-term securities, the return on short-term Treasury securities is usually above that on longer-term Treasury securities.
(II. A Treasury STRIP separates the periodic interest payments from the final principal repayment.
A. (I. is true, (II. false.
B. (I. is false, (II. true.
C. Both are true.
D. Both are false.
[单选题]You expect interest rates to decline in the near future even though the bond market is not indicating any sign of this change. Which one of the following bonds should you purchase now to maximize your gains if the rate decline does occur?
A. Short-term; low coupon
B. Short-term; high coupon
C. Long-term; zero coupon
D. Long-term; low coupon
E. Long-term; high coupon
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Interest rate risk
Learning Objective: 07-02 Explain bond values and yields and why they fluctuate.
[单选题] Monetary policy is chiefly concerned with
A. how much money businesses earn.
B. the level of interest rates and the nation's money supply.
C. how much money people pay in taxes.
D. whether people have saved enough money for retirement.
[单选题] Which life insurance policy usually requires the insured to pay a level premium for the duration of the policy, and the overpayment accumulates as a cash value that can be borrowed by the insured at reasonable rates?
A. Whole life
B. Term
C. Universal life
D. None of the above
[单选题] A term life insurance policy provides
A. insurance benefits only.
B. savings benefits only.
C. both insurance and savings benefits.
D. none of the above.
[简答题] Private mortgage insurance is a policy that guarantees to make up any discrepancy between the value of the property and the loan amount, should a default occur.
