Multiple Choice
Inflation places a tax on real money balances
A) by increasing the public's demand for real money balances.
B) when those balances pay less than the market rate of interest.
C) because nominal interest payments are deductible on the personal tax, whereas real interest payments are not.
D) whenever the actual inflation rate is less than the expected inflation rate.
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