Economics 14th Edition by James Gwartney,Richard Stroup, Russell Sobel ,David Macpherson

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Suppose you purchase a $5,000 bond that pays 7 percent interest annually and matures in five years. If the inflation rate in recent years has been steady at 3 percent annually, what is the estimated real rate of interest? If the inflation rate during the next five years is 6 percent, what will happen to your real rate of return?