The Nominal Interest Rate Is 7% and the Expected Inflation

question 160

Multiple Choice

The nominal interest rate is 7% and the expected inflation rate is 2%.Based on the Fisher effect,the real rate of interest is

• A) 5.0%.
• B) 6.86%.
• C) 5.1%.
• D) 4.9%.

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