At present, the nominal interest rate is 7 percent, and the expected inflation rate is 5 percent.

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At present, the nominal interest rate is 7 percent, and the expected inflation rate is 5 percent. The current year is the base year for the price index used to calculate inflation.
a. What is the real interest rate?
b. What is the anticipated value of the price index next year?
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Economics Today

ISBN: 978-0132554619

16th edition

Authors: Roger LeRoy Miller

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