If a company's sales begin to fall off so that it is now more likely to default on its bonds than financial markets had previously believed, the yields on the company's bonds will
A) rise to compensate investors for this greater risk.
B) fall because the company will no longer be able to afford to pay as much interest.
C) fall as investors insist on higher prices for the bonds to compensate them for the greater risk.
D) be unchanged; once issued yields on bonds do not change.
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