When the demand for bonds increases, the demand curve shifts to the right as shown.
expected return today on long-term bonds will fall, and the quantity demanded
will fall at each interest rate.
Higher expected interest rates in the future
lower the expected return for long-term bonds, decrease the demand, and
shift the demand curve to the left
.
By contrast, a revision downward of expectations of future interest rates would
mean that long-term bond prices would be expected to rise more than originally
anticipated, and the resulting higher expected return today would raise the quan-
tity demanded at each bond price and interest rate.
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