If Your After-Tax Realized Real Interest Rate Was 2 Percent

question 43

Multiple Choice

If your after-tax realized real interest rate was 2 percent over the past year and you owned a one-year bond that paid 8 percent interest, what was the inflation rate if you faced a tax rate of 15 percent?

• A)4.8 percent
• B)5.1 percent
• C)5.4 percent
• D)6.0 percent

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