Suppose your nominal income this year is 5 percent higher than last year. If the inflation rate for the period was 3 percent, then your real income was:

A. increased by 1.67 percent.
B. increased by 2 percent.
C. increased by 8 percent.
D. decreased by 0.6 percent.


Answer: B

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