Beginning in the latter part of 1999, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. What do you predict happened to the prices of bonds already in the market? How can you explain this behavior?
The price of bonds already in the market fell. Since new bonds would be paying a higher interest rate than old bonds, the only way to induce investors to buy old bonds will be for their price to fall, causing their effective interest rate to rise along with the market rate.
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