If Interest Rates Rise

If interest rates rise:

A) firms are willing to borrow more money because their rates of return have increased.
B) households are willing to borrow more money because their rates of return have increased.
C) firms are willing to borrow less money because their cost of borrowing has increased.
D) foreign entities are willing to borrow more money because their rates of return have increased.
E) it must mean that inflation has decreased because nominal rates have increased.