Multiple Choice
According to the liquidity premium theory of interest rates,
A) long-term spot rates are higher than the average of current and expected future short-term rates.
B) investors prefer certain maturities and will not normally switch out of those maturities.
C) investors are indifferent between different maturities if the long-term spot rates are equal to the average of current and expected future short-term rates.
D) the term structure must always be upward sloping.
E) long-term spot rates are totally unrelated to expectations of future short-term rates.
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