When Looking at a Graph of Nominal and Real Interest

question 96

Multiple Choice

When looking at a graph of nominal and real interest rates you notice the graph for nominal rates and the graph for real rates cross each other many times.From this you conclude

• A)consumer prices sometimes rose and sometimes fell in the time frame represented on the graph.
• B)consumer prices were always rising in the time frame represented on the graph.
• C)the economy never experienced a recession in the time frame represented on the graph.
• D)GDP was always increasing for the time frame represented on the graph.

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