Between December 2015 and mid-2017, the Federal Open Market Committee raised its target for the federal funds rate four times, and indicated that future increases were planned. General Motors and Toll Brothers faced significant consequences in 2017 from these increases in the federal funds rate target., where higher interest rates were considered partly responsible for sales declines of new automobiles and houses. This decrease in demand would result in a(n) in employment and a(n) in prices for General Motors and Toll Brothers. Group of answer choices