You Loaned $100 to a Friend for One Year at a Nominal

question 3

Multiple Choice

You loaned $100 to a friend for one year at a nominal rate of interest of 3 percent. Inflation during that year was 2 percent. How much did the purchasing power of your money change (an increase is positive and a decrease is negative) ?

• A) increased by 1 percent.
• B) decreased by 1 percent.
• C) increased by 5 percent.
• D) decreased by 5 percent.

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Definitions:

Equity Investments

Financial assets representing ownership interest in a company, including stocks, which provide dividends and potential capital gains.

Cash Equivalents

Short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.

Bank Reconciliation

The process of matching the balances in an entity's accounting records for a cash account to the corresponding information on a bank statement.

Non-current Liability

A Non-current Liability is a financial obligation that a company does not expect to settle within the next twelve months from the reporting date.