An increase in fiscal deficit spending financed by borrowing will not affect the national debt but decrease interest rates

All else the same, if a bank's liabilities are more sensitive to interest rate fluctuations than are its assets, then ________ in interest rates will ________ bank profits

A) an increase; increase B) an increase; reduce C) a decline; reduce D) a decline; not affect

Which of the following assets had both the lowest average annual return and lowest risk between 1926 and 2011?

A) small company stocks B) large company stocks C) long-term corporate bonds D) U.S. Treasury bills