The Costaguanan stock market provided a rate of return of 98%. The inflation rate in Costaguana during the year was 86%. In the Ruritania, in contrast, the stock market return was only 15%, but the inflation rate was only 3%. Calculate the real rate of return for both the Costaguana and the Ruritania stock markets.
a)
Rate of Return | |
Costaguana | |
Ruritania |
b) Which country’s stock market provided the higher real rate of return?
1.
Costaguana=1.98/1.86-1=6.4516%
Ruritania=1.15/1.03-1=11.6505%
2.
Ruritania's stock market provided the higher real rate of
return
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