The Real Interest Rate Is

question 62

Multiple Choice

The real interest rate is

• A) the rate charged to the corporations with the best credit rating or least amount of default risk.
• B) the rate that a security would pay if no inflation were expected over its holding period.
• C) the rate that a security would pay if the security had no maturity risk.

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