Answer:
The answer is:
In general, you will receive higher rates of interest on your certificate of deposit the longer the maturity and the higher the dollar amount invested.
Explanation:
Interest rates are returns that an investor receive from their investment (under this situation - investment in certificate of deposit (CD)).
The higher the risk, the higher the return is required to compensate for the risk-taking of investor.
As long time commitment, that is long maturity, gives the investor higher exposure to risk and higher invested amount resulting to higher loss given default; investors will require higher return, that is - interest rate on CD, to compensate for their risk-taking.
Thus, longer and higher should be the correct choice to fill in the blank.
