Answer the Questions Below

question 41

Essay

Answer the questions below.
a.Suppose the Fisher hypothesis holds for an economy that has an expected real interest rate of 3 percent.For each of the expected inflation rates of 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 percent, calculate the after-tax expected real interest rate (expressed in percentage points with two decimals), if the tax rate is 15 percent.

b.Suppose the Fisher hypothesis does not hold, but instead that the after-tax expected real interest rate will be unchanged at 2.5 percent if the expected inflation rate changes.For each of the expected inflation rates of 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 percent, calculate the (before-tax) expected real interest rate (expressed in percentage points with two decimals), if the tax rate is 15 percent.

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