Suppose you lent money to a friend a few years ago at a nominal interest rate of 6%. At the time othe loan, you expected the annual inflation rate to be 2%, but the actual annual inflation rate was 1.2%. When the loan originated, you expected to earn a real return of but due to unexpected disinflation, you earned an actual real return of A. 2%; 1.2% B. 4.8%; 6% C. 6%; 4.8% D. 4%; 4.8%
Suppose you lent money to a friend a few years ago at a nominal interest rate of 6%. At the time othe loan, you expected the annual inflation rate to be 2%, but the actual annual inflation rate was 1.2%. When the loan originated, you expected to earn a real return of but due to unexpected disinflation, you earned an actual real return of A. 2%; 1.2% B. 4.8%; 6% C. 6%; 4.8% D. 4%; 4.8%
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![Suppose you lent money to a friend a few years ago at a nominal interest rate of 6%. At the time ot he loan, you expected the
annual inflation rate to be 2%, but the actual annual inflation rate was 1.2%. When the loan originated, you expected to earn a real
return of
but due to unexpected disinflation, you earned an actual real return of
A. 2%; 1.2%
OB. 4.8%; 6%
C. 6%; 4.8%
D. 4%; 4.8%](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb0e64c05-a18b-4c82-8b3e-85ed4d88ae23%2Fc610090f-da6e-4069-855c-5360e7466160%2Feoscle_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:Suppose you lent money to a friend a few years ago at a nominal interest rate of 6%. At the time ot he loan, you expected the
annual inflation rate to be 2%, but the actual annual inflation rate was 1.2%. When the loan originated, you expected to earn a real
return of
but due to unexpected disinflation, you earned an actual real return of
A. 2%; 1.2%
OB. 4.8%; 6%
C. 6%; 4.8%
D. 4%; 4.8%
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