MACROECONOMICS FOR TODAY
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Chapter 7, Problem 11SQ
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The impact of the higher level of inflation than the nominal interest rate.
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If borrowers and lenders anticipate that the rate of inflation will be 5%, but instead it turns out to be 3%, which of the following is likely to occur?
Select one:
a. The real interest rate is higher than expected.
b. Lenders wish that they had made fewer loans.
c. Borrowers wish that they had borrowed more money.
d. Insufficient loans will have been made by lenders to maintain profit levels.
If an economy has experienced unanticipated inflation, which of the following groups has most likely benefitted?
b. Retired workers who have fixed incomes
c. Homeowners who have fixed rate mortgages
d. Banks that have issued loans at a fixed interest rate
If inflation is expected to increase,
A.
the nominal interest rate will increase.
B.
the nominal interest rate will decrease.
C.
the real interest rate will increase.
D.
the nominal interest rate will remain the same
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MACROECONOMICS FOR TODAY
Ch. 7.2 - Prob. 1GECh. 7.2 - Prob. 2GECh. 7.2 - Prob. 1YTECh. 7.2 - Prob. 2YTECh. 7 - Prob. 1SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 2SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 3SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 4SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 5SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 6SQP
Ch. 7 - Prob. 7SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 8SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 9SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 10SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 11SQPCh. 7 - Prob. 1SQCh. 7 - Prob. 2SQCh. 7 - Prob. 3SQCh. 7 - Prob. 4SQCh. 7 - Prob. 5SQCh. 7 - Prob. 6SQCh. 7 - Prob. 7SQCh. 7 - Prob. 8SQCh. 7 - Prob. 9SQCh. 7 - Prob. 10SQCh. 7 - Prob. 11SQCh. 7 - Prob. 12SQCh. 7 - Prob. 13SQCh. 7 - Prob. 14SQCh. 7 - Prob. 15SQCh. 7 - Prob. 16SQCh. 7 - Prob. 17SQCh. 7 - Prob. 18SQCh. 7 - Prob. 19SQCh. 7 - Prob. 20SQ
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