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According to the theory of rational expectations, people form an expectation of what will happen to inflation in the future. They then ensure that they offer or ask a nominal interest rate that means they have the appropriate real interest rate on their investment.
This is given by the formula:
where:
= offered nominal interest rate
= desired real interest rate
= inflationary expectations
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