A major problem with the use of duration in interest rate risk management is that it assumes:
  A. differential sensitivity of assets and liabilities to changes in interest rates.
  B. a nonlinear relationship between prices and rates.
  C. only a single change in interest rates over the planning horizon.
  D. an inverse relationship between prices and rates.
  Answer:C
  Duration assumes only a single and parallel shift in interest rates over the interest rate management planning horizon.