Suppose you lend $1,000 at an interest rate of 10 percent over the next year. If the expected real interest rate at the beginning of the loan contract is 4 percent, then what rate of inflation over the upcoming year would be most beneficial to you as the
lender? An inflation rate
A) equal to 0 percent.
B) greater than 6 percent.
C) equal to 6 percent.
D) equal to 4 percent.
Answer: A
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