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Mballack
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relationship between interest rates and inflations

March 14th, 2011, 8:23 am

Hi,Any textbook or website write the relationship between interest rates and inflation as:[(1+interest rate (local))/(1+interest rate(dollar) ]=[(1+inflation(local))/(1+inflation (dollar))]the question that I fail to find its answer is the following:what if I am trying to find an interest rate in local currency with a 10 year maturity. Should I take the inflation over 10 years? or should I take an annual inflation rate but the formula becomes:[(1+interest rate (local))/(1+interest rate(dollar) ]=[(1+inflation(local))^10/(1+inflation (dollar))^10]I hope someone can help
 
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Martinghoul
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relationship between interest rates and inflations

March 14th, 2011, 11:53 am

Doesn't it depend on whether you expect inflation to stay constant?
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frattyquant
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relationship between interest rates and inflations

March 24th, 2011, 5:58 pm

This is quite a strange looking formula. Shouldn't there be something about the fx rate? Thats what the parity equation usually looks like.