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Treasury bills are currently paying 9 percent and the inflation rate is 3.6 percent. a. What is the approximate real rate of

Treasury bills are currently paying 9 percent and the inflation rate is 3.6 percent. 

a. What is the approximate real rate of interest? 

b. What is the exact real rate?


a. Approximate real rate _______ %

b. Exact real rate _______ %

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Exact real rate (1+Nominal rate): (1+Inflation rate)-1 Here, Nominal rate Inflation rate 9.00% 3.60% Exact real rate 5.21% (1

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a.


Approximate real rate

= Treasury rate - Inflation rate

= 9% - 3.6%

= 5.4% (ANSWER).


b.


Exact real rate 

= (1 +Treasury rate) / (1 + inflation rate) - 1

= (1 + 0.09) / (1 + 0.036) - 1

= 0.0521

= 5.21%  (ANSWER).

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