The following probabilities are based on data collected from U. S. adults during the National Health Interview Survey 2005-2007. Individuals are placed into a smoking category based on whether they ever smoked 100 cigarettes (in their lifetime) and their behavior in the last 30 days. Never Former Currently non-daily Current daily
Probability 0.576 0.215 0.04 0.169

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Based on these data, what is the probability that a randomly selected U. S. adult currently smokes?

There are three factors that can affect the shape of the treasury yield curve (r* t , ip t , and mrp t ) and five factors that can affect the shape of the corporate yield curve (r* t , ip t , mrp t , drp t , and lp t ). the yield curve reflects the aggregation of the impacts from these factors. suppose the real risk-free rate and inflation rate are expected to remain at their current levels throughout the foreseeable future. consider all factors that affect the yield curve. then identify which of the following shapes that the us treasury yield curve can take. check all that apply.a. downward-sloping yield curveb. upward-sloping yield curvec. inverted yield curve