Use the following Taylor rule to calculate what would happen to the real interest rate if inflation increased by 5 percentage points. Target federal funds rate = Natural rate of interest + Current inflation + 1/2(Inflation gap) + 1/2(Output gap)
If inflation goes up by 5 percentage points, the target (nominal) federal funds rate goes up by ? percentage points (? percentage points due to the direct impact of inflation and another ? percentage points due to an increase in the inflation gap).
According to the Fisher equation, if the nominal rate increased by ? percentage points and inflation increased by ? percentage points, the real interest rate must have increased by ? percentage points.
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