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

question 8

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 2.5 percent;the tax rate is 25 percent.
• B)Inflation is 3 percent;the tax rate is 20 percent.
• C)Inflation is 2 percent;the tax rate is 30 percent.
• D)The after-tax real interest rate is the same for all of the above.

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Definitions:

Deferred Annuity

An insurance product that delays payments of income, installments, or a lump sum until the investor elects to receive them.

Compounded Annually

Interest calculation where the interest is added to the principal sum so that the added interest also earns interest from then on, done once a year.

Compounded Monthly

A method of calculating interest where the accumulated interest is added to the principal sum each month, leading to an increase in the amount of future interest earned.

Perpetuity

An annuity whose payments continue forever.