Suppose the nominal interest rate is 4% and the rate of inflation is 3%. The real interest rate is therefore
A) 7%.
B) 1%.
C) 0%.
D) -1%.
E) none of the above.
B
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The purchase of $1 million of Treasury securities by the Federal Reserve, if there is no change in the quantity of currency, will cause reserves at banks to
A) increase by $1 million. B) decrease by less than $1 million. C) decrease by $1 million. D) increase by less than $1 million.
?Exhibit 10A-1 Aggregate demand and supply model
?Beginning from short-run equilibrium at point E2 in Exhibit 10A-1, the economy's movement to a new position of long-run equilibrium would best be described as:
A. ?a movement along the AD2 curve with a shift in the SRAS1 curve. B. ?a movement along the SRAS2 curve with a shift in the AD2 curve. C. ? a shift in the LRAS curve to an intersection at E1. D. ?no shift of any kind.
If the quantity of tacos demanded is represented by the equation QD = 20 - 0.5P then the corresponding price of tacos is represented by the equation
A) P = 10 - 2QD. B) P = 40 - 2QD. C) P = 0.5QD + 10. D) P = QD + 40.
If the nominal interest rate is 8 percent and expected inflation is 2.5 percent, then what is the real interest rate?
a. 10.5 percent b. 20 percent c. 5.5 percent d. 3.2 percent