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If a nominal rate of interest is 13.36%, and the real rate of interest is 8.96%. What is the expected rate of inflation?

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Once again, when we need to find the expected interest rate, we may use an augmented version of the Fisher equation.

real interest rate = r
nominal interest rate = i
expected rate of inflation = e 

The Fisher equation thus reads:

1 + = (1 + r) * (1 + e)

In substituting i with 13.36 and r with 8.96, we obtain the following equation:

1 + 13.36 = (1 + 8.96) * (1 + e)

14.36 = (9.96) * (1 + e)

14.36 / 9.96 = e + 1

1.44 = e + 1

1.44 - 1 = e

e = 0.44

0.44% is your expected rate of inflation. Hope this helps!


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