Given a Nominal Interest Rate of 5 Percent,in Which of the Following

question 85

Multiple Choice

Given a nominal interest rate of 5 percent,in which of the following cases would you earn the highest after-tax real rate of interest?

• A)Inflation is 3 percent;the tax rate is 15 percent.
• B)Inflation is 2 percent;the tax rate is 40 percent.
• C)Inflation is 1 percent;the tax rate is 50 percent.
• D)The after-tax real interest rate is the same for all of the above.

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