A Decrease in Expected Inflation

question 14

Multiple Choice

A decrease in expected inflation

• A)usually leads to falling nominal interest rates.
• B)results in increased nominal capital gains on physical assets.
• C)will shift the bond demand curve to the left.
• D)will shift the supply curve for loanable funds to the left.

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