Multiple Choice
In the real business cycle model, a persistent increase in total factor productivity
A) has no effect on the real interest rate.
B) has a theoretically ambiguous effect on the nominal interest rate.
C) unambiguously increases the real interest rate.
D) unambiguously decreases the real interest rate.
E) has a theoretically ambiguous effect on the real interest rate.
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