Which motive for holding money relates to investors timing their purchases and sales of bonds according to expected changes in interest rates?

Correct answer C. Speculative motive

Explanation

Keynes’s speculative motive arises because bond prices move inversely with interest rates, so investors hold money when they expect rates to rise and bond prices to fall.

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