Suppose banks require a real interest rate of 10 percent. If they expect inflation to be 2 percent, what is the nominal interest rate?   Multiple Choice   5 percent   20 percent   8 percent   12 percent

How might a rapid rise in inflation harm you?  How might a rapid rise in inflation help you?  In answering this question consider your role as both a consumer, worker, and borrower.  Consider the likely effect on your real wages, and any interest you receive as a saver.  Would it be advantageous to borrow money if you expected inflation to rise?   Does it make economic sense to open a savings account at a bank given the latest increase in the CPI.

Average inflation went up by 65.5% since the turn of the century while college tuition and fees soared by 175%. Why has the relative price of college increased so much compared to average inflation?

Why is it important that the rate at which we earn interest should be higher than the inflation rate

The real interest rate is 6 percent a year and the income tax rate is 50 percent.   With no​ inflation, what is the real​ after-tax interest​ rate?   If the inflation rate rises to 4 percent a​ year, what is the real​ after-tax interest​ rate?

Assume the expected rate of inflation is 3 percent per year.  What nominal interest rate should you charge to receive a real interest rate of 2 percent per year?

assume instead that the nominal interest rate is 4 percent and the expected rate of inflation is minus 1 percent.  Calculate the real rate of interest.

The ___ is the nominal interest rate minus the rate of inflation.     Question 13 options:   real GDP   real interest rate   annualized interest rate   nominally adjusted

Does the BLS method of assessing inflation imply that consumers actually purchase the same goods and services year after year?

If the nominal interest rate is 4.2 percent and expected inflation rate is 3 percent, the real interest rate equals 7.2 percent. 1.2 percent. 3.6 percent. 12.6 percent.   none of the above