A lender who is worried that its cost of funds might rise during the term of a loan it has made can hedge against this rise by
A) buying futures contracts on Treasury bills.
B) selling futures contracts on Treasury bills.
C) buying call options on Treasury bills.
D) increasing the amount of money which it lends.
B
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Which of the following is one component of the "trilemma" that is faced by policy makers in choosing monetary arrangements?
A) exchange rate stability B) restrictions on international capital movements C) tariffs and subsidies D) restrictions on the migration of labor E) global inflation
If the steady-state capital—labor ratio is equal to the Golden Rule capital—labor ratio, then in the steady state
A) output per worker equals investment per worker. B) output per worker equals depreciation per worker. C) investment per worker is as large as possible. D) consumption per worker is as large as possible.