The Relationship Between Nominal Rates and Real Rates of Return

question 28

Multiple Choice

The relationship between nominal rates and real rates of return in times of rising inflationary levels results in:

• A) real rates exceeding nominal rates of return.
• B) nominal rates exceeding real rates of return.
• C) both nominal and real rates of return being equal.
• D) real rates being positively related to inflationary levels.

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