If the inflation rate is 2 percent and nominal wages increase by 1 percent, what happens to real wages?

a. They rise by 1 percent.
b. They fall by 1 percent.
c. They remain constant.
d. They fall by 2 percent.
e. They rise by 3 percent.

B

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