Suppose you obtain a 30-year mortgage loan on which you have to pay a 7.0% (fixed) interest rate. Further suppose thatyou and your lender anticipate inflation will average 2.0% during the life of the loan. Now suppose the post-loanbothinflation rate is actually 1.0% per annum. It follows that your real rate of interest isand, ceteris paribus,financially better off as a result of the difference between the anticipated and the unanticipated rate of inflation.O a. 3%, you areO b. 8%, your lender isOc. 5%, you areO d. 6%, your lender isNext page

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