In the Late 1990s, the U

In the late 1990s, the U.S. federal government had a budget surplus. If there is no Ricardo-Barro effect, the budget surplus_{--------------------} the real interest rate and_{--------------------} the equilibrium quantity of investment.

A) did not change; did not change
B) lowered; increased
C) raised; increased
D) lowered; decreased
E) raised; decreased