Deflation causes the demand for bonds to ________, the supply of bonds to ________, and bond prices to ________, everything else held constant

A characteristic of outsourcing is

a. essentially the opposite of vertical integration b. likely to be profitable exactly when vertical integration is profitable c. it prevents a firm from focusing on its core competencies d. it prevents the exploitation of differing degrees of economies of scale at different points in the supply chain

Which of the following is true?

A) The money market model is essentially a model that determines the short-term nominal rate of interest. B) The money market model is essentially a model that determines the short-term real rate of interest. C) The loanable funds model is essentially a model that determines the short-term real rate of interest. D) The loanable funds model is essentially a model that determines the long-term nominal rate of interest.