AppliedMultiple choice
The two-year yield exceeds the ten-year. What is the market saying?
- AThat short-term bonds have become riskier than long ones
- BThat it expects rates to be lower in future
- CThat inflation is expected to rise substantially
- DThat there is an arbitrage between the two maturities
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