If the Nominal Interest Rate Is 8 Percent and the Real

question 91

Multiple Choice

If the nominal interest rate is 8 percent and the real interest rate is 6 percent, then the expected rate of inflation is

• A)14 percent.
• B)7 percent.
• C)2 percent.
• D)-2 percent.
• E)impossible to determine from the data given.

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