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Basic Question 5 of 10

Which statement is an interpretation of an upward-sloping yield curve?

A. Government bonds tend to pay off in bad economic times.
B. Bond market participants expect short-term interest rates to decline.
C. Short-dated bonds are less positively (or more negatively) correlated with bad times than are long-dated bonds.

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Learning Outcome Statements

explain how the phase of the business cycle affects policy and short-term interest rates, the slope of the term structure of interest rates, and the relative performance of bonds of differing maturities;

describe the factors that affect yield spreads between non-inflation-adjusted and inflation-indexed bonds;

CFA® 2025 Level II Curriculum, Volume 6, Module 37.