Over the Past Year You Earned a Nominal Rate of Interest

question 61

Multiple Choice

Over the past year you earned a nominal rate of interest of 3.6 percent on your money.The inflation rate was 3.1 percent over the same period.The exact actual growth rate of your purchasing power was

• A)3.6%.
• B)3.1%.
• C)0.48%.
• D)6.7%.
• E)none of the above

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