In: Economics
economy is experiencing higher real interest rates, business firms will most likely be discouraged from investing in: stocks
bonds
mutual funds
capital
If economy is experience a higher real interest rate it will give less return from the investing in the the assets like government Bond ,deposits .
Since they will not generate return and it will impact them the most
Stock ,mutual fund all are related from the equity market which is is not dependent on the real interest rate
They all are parts of share market which is totally Independent and work on market sentiments
So the correct answer here is bonds