If the interest rate on three-month Treasury securities is 6 percent and the interest rate on ten-year Treasury securities is 4 percent, then
A. the economy has probably just emerged from a recession.
B. the yield curve slopes upward steeply.
C. a recession is likely to occur.
D. the economy is probably in the middle of an economic expansion.
Answer: C
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