Multiple economic factors influence interest rates. Three types of interest rates, including real, nominal, and effective affect consumers' borrowing and investment choices. The nominal interest ...

The curve shows nominal interest rates. Inflation will erode the value of future coupon and principal repayments. The real interest rate is the return after deducting inflation. So, the curve ...

Abstract: This paper describes the result and the methodology of updating nominal and real effective exchange rate weights on the basis of trade data from 1999 to 2001. The underlying framework is an ...