If Inflation and Nominal Interest Rates Move More Closely Together

question 60

Multiple Choice

If inflation and nominal interest rates move more closely together over time than they did in earlier periods, this would ____ the volatility of the real interest rate movements over time.

• A)increase
• B)decrease
• C)have an effect, which cannot be determined with above information, on
• D)have no effect on

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