Suppose most investors expect the rate of inflation to be 2 percent next year, 4 percent the following year, and 3 percent thereafter. The real risk-free rate is 3 percent. The maturity risk premium is zero for bonds that mature in one year or less, 0.1 percent for two-year bonds; the MRP increases by 0.1 percent per year thereafter for 20 years, then becomes stable. What is the interest rate on one-year, 10-year, and 20-year Treasury bonds

Assume that the following conditions exist: a. all banks are fully loaned up- there are no excess reserves, and desired excess reserves are always zero. b. the money multiplier is 5 .     c. the planned investment schedule is such that at a 4 percent rate of interest, investment =$1450 billion. at 5 percent, investment is $1420 billion. d. the investment multiplier is 3 . e.. the initial equilibrium level of real gdp is $12 trillion. f. the equilibrium rate of interest is 4 percent now the fed engages in contractionary monetary policy. it sells $1 billion worth of bonds, which reduces the money supply, which in turn raises the market rate of interest by 1 percentage point. calculate the decrease in money supply after fed's sale of bonds: $nothing billion.

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What are consequences of rapid inflation? (select all that apply.) savings accounts become less desirable because interest earned is lower than inflation individual purchasing power increases, which results in an increase in demand. individual purchasing power decreases, which results in a decrease in demand. people postpone purchasing expensive items, such as homes, until prices drop.