1. Currently the prime interest rate, which is the interest rate given to customers with the best credit, in the United States is 3.25% and the inflation rate is 1.3%. a. How much is the real interest rate? b. What will happen to the real interest rate if- all else equal - the inflation rate increases? Provide an example to support your answer. How will the change in the real interest rate from part b, affect the quantity of savings in the United States? How will this change affect the supply of loanable funds. C.

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