Q Search this course 01: Assignment - An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment Back to Assignment Attempts: 0.3 0.8 Keep the Highest: 0.8/2 6. Factors and policies that affect the cost of money Karine needs to borrow money to buy a home. Suppose that the saving rate in the country is expected to decrease. Assuming nothing else changes, this means that if Karine borrows now, her cost of borrowing money is expected to due to the following factor: Increasing preferences for future consumption. increase decrease Increasing preferences for current consumption. Falling interest rates Which of the following events could decrease the cost of money? Check all that apply. The Federal Reserve purchases Treasury securities held by banks The federal deficit increases DEO Inflation increases The country exports more than it imports Grade It Now Save & Continue Continue without saving