If a financial institution extends a 25 year loan at a 6 percent interest rate, and then the inflation rate increases suddenly and unexpectedly to 6 percent per year, the institution receives on its loan a real return of
A) minus 12 percent.
B) zero percent.
C) 6 percent.
D) 12 percent.
E) 36 percent.
B
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If a Japanese importer could buy $1,000 U.S. for 122,000 yen, the rate of exchange for one dollar would be ________.
A. 1,220 yen B. 122 yen C. 820 yen D. 8.19 yen
I purchase a 10 percent coupon bond. Based on my purchase price, I calculate a yield to maturity of 8 percent. If I hold this bond to maturity, then my return on this asset is
A) 10 percent. B) 8 percent. C) 12 percent. D) there is not enough information to determine the return.
The cash that a bank keeps in its vault is called its:
A. reserves. B. deposits. C. loans. D. savings.
The physical or perceived differences between goods in a market that makes them close, but not perfect, substitutes are called
a. complementary goods b. substitute goods c. natural differentiation d. oligopolistic differentiation e. product differentiation