An Increase in the Interest Rate by the Federal Reserve

question 5

Multiple Choice

An increase in the interest rate by the Federal Reserve will affect only real interest rates because:

• A) inflation is sticky in the short run.
• B) of the quantity theory of money.
• C) prices are flexible in the short and long runs.
• D) contracts apply only in the very short run.
• E) we are in the long run.

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