You open a savings account with a 0.5% per year nominal interest rate, and the economy experiences

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You open a savings account with a 0.5% per year nominal interest rate, and the economy experiences 3% per year inflation. What is your nominal and real annual interest rate on the account? What will happen to the purchasing power of money you place in the account over time?

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Principles Of Economics

ISBN: 9781319330156,9781319419769

2nd Edition

Authors: Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers

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