Suppose that Australians in 2017 expect inflation to equal 7 percent in 2018, but, in fact, prices rise by 5 percent in 2018. Explain how would this unexpected inflation rate help or hurt the following in 2018: (a) Lender of a fixed interest rate loan. (b) Borrower with a fixed interest rate loan. (c) An investor pays capital gain tax on his investment property that he sold. (d) A worker who signed a three-year labour contract in 2017 and this contract specifies his wages he will receive over the contractual period. (e) A graduate repaying his interest-free study loan he borrowed from the government.

Suppose that Australians in 2017 expect inflation to equal 7 percent in 2018, but, in fact, prices rise by 5 percent in 2018. Explain how would this unexpected inflation rate help or hurt the following in 2018: (a) Lender of a fixed interest rate loan. (b) Borrower with a fixed interest rate loan. (c) An investor pays capital gain tax on his investment property that he sold. (d) A worker who signed a three-year labour contract in 2017 and this contract specifies his wages he will receive over the contractual period. (e) A graduate repaying his interest-free study loan he borrowed from the government.

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Chapter20: Short-term Financing

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