CH. 6 True or False Questions
Because the maturity risk premium is normally positive, the yield curve must have an upward slope. If you measure the yield curve and find a downward slope, you must have done something wrong.
FALSE
If the Treasury yield curve were downward sloping, the yield to maturity on a 10-year Treasury coupon bond would be higher than that on a 1-year T-bill.
FALSE
One of the four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money as discussed in the text is the current state of the weather. If the weather is dark and stormy, the cost of money will be higher than if it is bright and sunny, other things held constant.
FALSE
An upward-sloping yield curve is often call a "normal" yield curve, while a downward-sloping yield curve is called "abnormal."
TRUE
Because the maturity risk premium is normally positive, the yield curve is normally upward sloping.
TRUE
During periods when inflation is increasing, interest rates tend to increase, while interest rates tend to fall when inflation is declining.
TRUE
The four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money are (1) production opportunities, (2) time preferences for consumption, (3) risk, and (4) inflation.
TRUE
One of the four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money as discussed in the text is the time preference for consumption. The higher the time preference, the lower the cost of money, other things held constant.
FALSE
Suppose the federal deficit increased sharply from one year to the next, and the Federal Reserve kept the money supply constant. Other things held constant, we would expect to see interest rates decline.
FALSE
The four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money are (1) production opportunities, (2) time preferences for consumption, (3) risk, and (4) the skill level of the economy's labor force.
FALSE
The four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money are (1) production opportunities, (2) time preferences for consumption, (3) risk, and (4) weather conditions.
FALSE
If investors expect the rate of inflation to increase sharply in the future, then we should not be surprised to see an upward-sloping yield curve.
TRUE
If the demand curve for funds increased but the supply curve remained constant, we would expect to see the total amount of funds supplied and demanded increase and interest rates in general also increase.
TRUE
If the pure expectations theory is correct, a downward-sloping yield curve indicates that interest rates are expected to decline in the future.
TRUE
One of the four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money as discussed in the text is the availability of production opportunities and their expected rates of return. If production opportunities are relatively good, then interest rates will tend to be relatively high, other things held constant.
TRUE
One of the four most fundamental factors that affect the cost of money as discussed in the text is the risk inherent in a given security. The higher the risk, the higher the security's required return, other things held constant.
TRUE
The "yield curve" shows the relationship between bonds' maturities and their yields.
TRUE
The Federal Reserve tends to take actions to increase interest rates when the economy is very strong and to decrease rates when the economy is weak.
TRUE
The risk that interest rates will decline, and that decline will lead to a decline in the income provided by a bond portfolio as interest and maturity payments are reinvested, is called "reinvestment rate risk."
TRUE
The risk that interest rates will increase, and that increase will lead to a decline in the prices of outstanding bonds, is called "interest rate risk," or "price risk."
TRUE
