If borrowers and lenders expect a higher rate of inflation,

a. nominal interest rates should decrease.
b. nominal interest rates should remain constant.
c. nominal interest rates should increase.
d. real interest rates should increase.


c

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Which of the following would tend to increase the value of officially measured GDP?

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