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real eeinterest eerate ee- eecorrect eeanswer-the eeinterest eerate eecorrected eefor eethe eeeffects eeof eeinflation
nominal eeinterest eerate ee- eecorrect eeanswer-
the eeinterest eerate eeas eeusually eereported eewithout eea eecorrection eefor eethe eeeffects eeof eeinflation
CPI ee- eecorrect eeanswer-
(consumer eeprice eeindex) eea eemeasure eeof eethe eeoverall eecost eeof eethe eegoods eeand eeservices eebought eeby eea
eetypical eecons eeumer
Influences eeInterest eeRate ee- eecorrect eeanswer-1. eeThe eesupply eeof eefunds eefrom eesavers, eeprimarily eehouseholds.
2. The eedemand eefor eefunds eefrom eebusinesses eeto eebe eeused eeto eefinance eeinvestments eein eeplant,
eeequipment, eeand eein eeventories ee(real eeassets eeor eecapital eeformation).
3. The eegovernment's eenet eesupply eeof eeor eedemand eefor eefunds eeas eemodified eeby eeactions eeof eethe
eeFederal eeReserve eeB eeank.
Supply eecurve eefor eeinterest eerates ee- eecorrect eeanswer-
The eesupply eecurve eeslopes eeup eefrom eeleft eeto eeright eebecause eethe eehigher eethe eereal eeinterest eerate, eethe
eegreater eethe ees eeupply eeof eehousehold eesavings. eeThe eeassumption eeisVthat eeat eehigher eereal eeinterest eerates
eehouseholds eewill eechoose eet eeo eepostpone eesome eecurrent eeconsumption eeand eeset eeaside eeor eeinvest
eemore eeof eetheir eedisposable eeincome eefor eefutu eere eeuse.
Demand eecurve eefor eeinterest eerates ee- eecorrect eeanswer-
The eedemand eecurve eeslopes eedown eefrom eeleft eeto eeright eebecause eethe eelower eethe eereal eeinterest eerate,
eethe eemore eebus eeinesses eewill eewant eeto eeinvest eein eephysical eecapital. eeAssuming eethat eebusinesses eerank
eeprojects eeby eethe eeexpected eere eeal eereturn eeon eeinvested eecapital, eefirms eewill eeundertake eemore eeprojects
eethe eelower eethe eereal eeinterest eerate eeon eethe eef eeunds eeneeded eeto eefinance eethose eeprojects
R ee= ee r ee+ eeE(i) ee - eecorrect eeanswer-
The eeequation eeimplies eethat eeif eereal eerates eeare eereasonably eestable, eethen eeincreases eein eenominal eerates
eeought eeto eepr eeedict eehigher eeinflation eerates. eeThis eerelationship eehas eebeen eedebated eeand eeempirically
eeinvestigated. eeThe eeresults eeare eemixed; eealthough eethe eedata eedo eenot eestrongly eesupport eethis eerelation-
ship, eenominal eeinterest eerates eeseem eeto eepredict eeinflation eeas eewell eeas eealternative eemethods, eein eepart
eebecause eew eee eeare eeunable eeto eeforecast eeinflation eewell eewith eeany eemethod.