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INFLATION CROSS-PRODUCT An analyst is evaluating securities in a developing nation here the inflation rate is very high. As a result, the analyst has been warned not to ignore the cross-product between the real rate and inflation. If the real risk-free rate is 5% and inflation is expected to be 16% each of the next 4 years, what is the yield on a 4-year security with no maturity, default, or liquidity risk?

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Thank you for posting your question here. To answer the problem, if the risk-free rate is 5% and expected inflation rate is 16%, that would result in a total rate of 21%. Then divide 1 by 0.79 = 1.266. Therefore, my answer is a yield of 26.6% is required. Mind you, this is not scientific, but rather my best guess, but it can't be all wrong.
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