Assume that the term structure effect and the default-risk premium remain unchanged and that households and firms have adaptive expectations
At the beginning of 2013, a bank is offering car loans at a nominal interest rate of 7% and the expected rate of inflation is 2 %, and at the beginning of 2014, the bank decreases the nominal interest rate to 5%. The real interest rate at the beginning of 2014 is A) 2%.
B) 3%.
C) 5%.
D) This cannot be determined without being given the expected inflation rate for 2014.
B
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