Option B
Explanation: When the inflation is higher than expected, the borrower is benefited because he/she now needs to return money worth less than what was borrowed.
Suppose that the inflation rate turns out to be much higher than most people expected. In...
9. Suppose that a borrower and a lender agree on the nominal interest rate to be paid on a loan. Then infla- tion turns out to be higher than they both expected. a. Is the real interest rate on this loan higher or lower than expected? b. Does the lender gain or lose from this unexpectedly high inflation? Does the borrower c. Inflation during the 1970s was much higher than most people had expected when the decade began. How did...
A borrower and a lender agree on a mortgage interest rate. If inflation turns out to be less than expected A. the actual real interest rate will be less than the expected real interest rate. B. the actual nominal interest rate will be higher than expected. C. the actual nominal interest rate will be less than expected. D. the actual real interest rate will exceed the expected real interest rate.
If inflation this year is higher than expected, then both lenders and borrowers will gain and the government will lose borrowers will gain at the expense of lenders both lenders and borrowers will lose lenders will gain at the expense of borrowers the government will lose unless it has implemented an indexed tax system
please print out words show the answer,thanks! 8. Suppose real interest rate r-4% and expected inflation rate for the following year En 4%. (a) What is the nominal interest rate? (2 points) (b) What is the ex ante real interest rate? (2 points) Suppose the actual inflation rate at the end of the following year π turned out to be 6%. (c) What is the ex post real interest rate? (3 points) (d) Borrowers (gain/oseand lende and lenders (gain/lose) (4...
True False Answer Bank Borrowers gain when inflation is higher than expected. Loan contracts specify the nominal interest rate. Real interest rates will never go negative. If inflation is higher than the nominal interest rate, the real interest rate is negative. Borrowers lose when inflation is higher than expected.
Suppose the nominal interest rate equals 9%, the expected inflation rate is 5%, and actual inflation turns out to be 3%. In this case, the: a. ex ante real interest rate is 4%. b. ex post real interest rate is 4%. C. ex ante real interest rate is 6%. d. ex post real interest rate is 2%
Calvin is borrowing money from Ethan. Calvin anticipates the inflation rate for the year will be 10%. Ethan expects it will be 7%. The actual inflation rate turns out to be 8% for the year. Which of the following statements is true? Ethan benefits unexpectedly from this higher than expected inflation rate. O No one benefits, since both Calvin and Ethan were wrong. O The nominal interest rate for this loan is 7%. Calvin benefits unexpectedly from this lower than...
Suppose that US inflation rate is higher than Japan’s inflation rate. How would this affect the exchange rate between the $ US and the yen?
India tends to have much higher inflation than Australia and also much higher interest rates than Australia. Inflation and interest rates are much more volatile in India than in industrialised countries. The value of the Indian rupee is typically more volatile than the currencies of industrialised countries from an Australian perspective; it has typically depreciated from one year to the next, but the degree of depreciation has varied substantially. The bid/ask spread tends to be wider for the rupee than...
57. Chapter ma2pe08r, Section .364, Problem 013 (ID: 013.36.4-MC-MANK08) An individual would suffer lower losses or maybe even gain from an unexpectedly higher inflation rate if O a. she held much currency and on net was a lender. Ob. she held much currency and on net was a borrower c. she held litle currency and on net was a lender O d. she held little currency and on net was a borrower