Interest Rates Suppose that you make a loan of $1,500 to your friend at a rate of 10% interest because you expect the inflation rate to be 5%. a) By how much does your purchasing power increase once the loan is completely paid off? b) Assuming that after the loan was repaid, you discovered that inflation rate over the life of the loan was only 2%. Who gained?

Assume you have won a lottery prize of $5,000, which works out great since you want to buy a new gaming PC that costs $5,500. You decide to save the lottery winnings for one year by purchasing a bank CD with one year until maturity. The interest rate on your deposit is 12% and inflation is expected to be 8% over the next year. You plan to work part-time to make up any shortfall in your savings covering the cost of the gaming PC one year from now. a.  How much money will you have in your bank account at the end of one year? b. What is the real interest rate you expect to earn on your deposit over the next year?  c. Will you have enough money from the savings to buy the PC next year? d. If your answer to c. is no, how many hours of work @ $15/hour will be required to make up the shortfall?

Required information In wisely planning for your retirement, you invest $18,000 per year for 20 years into a 401K tax-deferred account. Assume you make a real return of 10% per year when the inflation rate averages 2.8% per year. How many future dollars will you have in the account immediately after your last deposit? You will have $ |future dollars in your account immediately after your last deposit.

Suppose you are about to borrow $16,000 for four years to buy a new car. Which of these situations would be preferred? OA. The interest rate on the loan is 15%, and the annual inflation rate over the next four years is expected to average 5%. OB. The interest rate on the loan is 9%, and the annual inflation rate over the next four years is expected to average 3%.

At beginning of year, CPI is at 100. Inflation swap buyer pays 3% for a 5 year swap with a notional amount of $1,000,000. At the end of 5 years, the CPI is 119.80. The buyer will receive a net payment of: (To get "net" payment, subtract amount seller received from the amount seller paid under the swap agreement. Round answer to nearest dollar.)

The inflation over four consecutive quarter is fl=1%,f2=0.5%, fs-0.5%, f-196. what is the inflation for the entire year?

Required information In wisely planning for your retirement, you invest $34,000 per year for 20 years into a 401K tax-deferred account. Assume you make a real return of 10% per year when the inflation rate averages 3.3% per year. How many future dollars will you have in the account immediately after your last deposit? You will have $ | future dollars in your account immediately after your last deposit.

if inflation is running at 8% and you want to negotiate a 2% raise in your salary, how large a raise should you ask for?      2%     6%     8%     10%

Suppose, you are planning to put away $20,000 of your savings for one year. You have the following options: 1.) Buy an indexed savings bond that earns 6.50% interest rate for the next year or, 2.) Buy a non-indexed savings bond that earns 11.00% interest rate for the next year. The inflation rate for the next year is expected to be 4.50%. Which option will you choose for the next year? OA. The non-indexed bond should be chosen as it pays a higher rate of interest. OB. The rate of inflation should not play a role in making this decision. OC. It does not matter whether the indexed or the non-indexed bonds are chosen, since they pay the same real rate of interest. D. The indexed bond option should be chosen as it protects from inflation.

A person's savings eams an effective annual rate of return of 9%. Income tax is paid on the interest earned at a rate of 55%. If the inflation rate is 3% per year, what is the annual after-tax real rate of return? Answer as a percentage, correct to 2 decimals.