If a business makes the determination that an investment makes sense at the current interest rate, but before they can act, the interest rates fall

A. they will go ahead with the investment because interest rates have nothing to do with whether an investment makes sense.
B. it will only make the situation better, so they will clearly make the investment.
C. it will cause them to not make the investment regardless of the decrease.
D. they will have to recalculate whether it still makes sense.


Answer: B

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