Given a Nominal Interest Rate of 6 Percent,in Which of the Following

question 55

Multiple Choice

Given a nominal interest rate of 6 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 25 percent.
• B)Inflation is 1 percent;the tax rate is 50 percent.
• C)Inflation is 1 percent;the tax rate is 55 percent.
• D)Inflation is 4 percent;the tax rate is 10 percent.