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Optimizing economic agents use the real interest rate when thinking about the economic costs and returns of a loan. Suppose the average rate paid by banks on savings accounts is 0.9% at a time when inflation is around 1.2?%.For the average saver, the real rate of interest on his or her savings is _____________%.?(Round your response to two decimal places and use a minus sign if necessary?.) If banks expect that the rate of inflation in the coming year will be 4.2?% and they want a real return of 8.5?%on a certain category of? loans, then the nominal rate they should charge borrowers on those loans is ___________? (round response to two decimal places.)

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Answer:

1.  - 0.02%.

2. 12.7%

Explanation:

Suppose the average rate paid by banks on savings accounts is 0.9% at a time when inflation is around 1.2?%.

For the average saver, the real rate of interest on his or her savings is - 0.02%.

The real rate is derived from the nominal rate minus the inflation rate which is 0.9% - 1.2% = - 0.02%

If banks expect that the rate of inflation in the coming year will be 4.2% and they want a real return of 8.5%on a certain category of loans, then the nominal rate they should charge borrowers on those loans is 12.7%

As stated above, The real rate is derived from the nominal rate minus the inflation rate which in this case

Nominal Rate = Real rate + Inflation Rate. i.e. 8.5% + 4.2% = 12.7%