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An investment offers a total return of 17 percent over the coming year. Alan Wingspan thinks the total real return on this investment will be only 13 percent. |
What does Alan believe the inflation rate will be over the next year? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) |
Inflation rate | % |
(1 + Nominal rate of return) = (1 + Real rate of return)(1 + Inflation rate)
(1 + 0.17) = (1 + 0.13)(1 + Inflation rate)
Inflation rate = [(1 + 0.17) / (1 + 0.13)] - 1
Inflation rate = 0.0354 or 3.54%