Get the monthly data from 1991 to 2009 for the interest rate on long-term Canada Real Return

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Get the monthly data from 1991 to 2009 for the interest rate on long-term Canada Real Return Bonds (CANSIM series V122553) from the Textbook Resources area of the MyEconLab.

a. Plot this real interest rate, ir.

b. Has the real interest rate been rising or falling over the sample period?

c. What is the mean real interest rate over the sample period? What is its standard deviation (the standard deviation is the square root of the variance)?

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The Economics Of Money Banking And Financial Markets

ISBN: 9780321584717

4th Canadian Edition

Authors: Frederic S. Mishkin, Apostolos Serletis

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