Interest rate fundamentals: the real rate of return carl foster, a trainee at an investment banking firm, is trying to get an idea of what real rate of return investors are expecting in todays marketplace. he has looked up the rate paid on 3 month u. s. treasury bills and found it to be 5.5%. he has decided t use the rate of change in the consumer price index as a proxy for the inflationary expectations of investors. the annualized rate now stands at 3%. on the basis of the information that carl has collected, what estimate can he make of the real rate of return?

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explanation:

odd consecutive integers are odd integers that follow each other. they have a difference of 2 between every two numbers. if n is an odd integer, then n, n+2, n+4 and n+6 will be odd consecutive integers. the first number in the pattern is always the variable on its own or in this case, "n". examples.