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If the CPI Is 170 at the Beginning of the Year

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If the CPI is 170 at the beginning of the year and 181 at the end, and a bank is paying a nominal interest rate of 6 percent, we see that


A) the interest nominal rate is negative.
B) the real interest rate is positive and is larger than 1 percent.
C) the real interest rate is negative.
D) the real interest rate is positive and is less than 1 percent.
E) the real interest rate is equal to zero.

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