Macroeconomics
21st Edition
ISBN: 9781259915673
Author: Campbell R. McConnell, Stanley L. Brue, Sean Masaki Flynn Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 3P
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Growth rate of real GDP and inflation rate.
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ADVANCED: Assume the inflation rate is 100% per year and the nominal rate of interest is 700% per year. (This was also our apples example from Section 5.2.) Now, assume that there is also a 25% default rate. That is, 1 in 4 apples are returned with worms inside and will therefore not be sellable (and be worth $0). What is your real rate of return? What is the formula?
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3) Suppose that on January 1, 2019 a bank lends $20,000 to a person. The bank and the individual both agree that the real interest rate charged on the loan should be 10% and the loan is going to be totally paid ($20,000 plus interest), in a one-time payment, on December 31, 2020. Suppose the two parties to this transaction can perfectly foresee what the inflation rate for this period is going to be. Given this information, what is the nominal rate the Bank has to charge on this loan? Assume that the CPI is computed at the beginning of each year.
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The historical average CPI for 2019 is - 255.657
The historical average CPI for 2019 is - 258.811
The inflation rate during the period is: (258.811/255.657 -1) *100 = 1.233%
Real Interest Rate = Nominal Interest Rate – Expected Inflation
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The production and prices in a country in two subsequent years are described by the following table
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decimals, i.e., -10.22 for -10.22% and 11.44 for 11.442%.)
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