$$Jennifer Lopez was looking to finance her next movie. She took a Financial Markets and Institutions course in UCLA and learned that the liquidity premium theory and the pure expectations theory are the influencers of the yield curve's shape. Jennifer realizes that, all else being equal, if the yield curve is initially flat and then liquidity becomes unimportant to market participants, it is expected that the yield curve would have a $\_\_\_\_.$

Group of answer choices

$$slight downward slope

remain the same

$$slight upward slope

$$steep upward slope

None are correct