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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 + i = (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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