Which of the following is NOT a reason that interest rates remained low despite high budget deficits following the financial crisis?

A) increased demand for U.S. government bonds
B) the perceived riskiness of alternative investments such as stocks
C) low interest rates on CDs and similar short-term assets
D) increases in expected inflation

D

Economics

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Which of the following tests helps in the detection of heteroskedasticity?

A. The Breusch-Pagan test B. The Breusch-Godfrey test C. The Durbin-Watson test D. The Chow test

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