The phrase "a real rate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to finance or economics, typically referring to an interest rate that has been adjusted for inflation.
Example: "The central bank announced that the real rate of interest is expected to rise in the coming months, impacting borrowing costs."
Alternatives: "an actual rate" or "a true rate".
Mr Porter also proposed the "introduction of a real rate of interest" for student loans.
The Taylor rule, a popular monetary-policy formula, tends to incorporates a real rate of 2%.
Today it pays a nominal rate of a bit more than 2 percent and a real rate barely above zero.
Prior to 1999 capital gains were taxed at a real rate – the nominal return less the inflation rate over the period you owned the investment.
He urged the government to "reconsider the impact of charging a real rate of interest" on debts under the system commonly known as the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (Hecs).
Sylvia Waycot from Moneyfacts said: "The rate of inflation means hundreds of thousands of savers need accounts paying an unattainable 6.5% before they earn a real rate of return on their money.
We compare the results of simulations to empirical results from analyses of a real rate-heterogeneous taxon – Australian grass trees (Xanthorrhoea) – whose substitution rate is slower than in its sister groups, as determined by relative rate tests.
Hempton basically argues that China has turned financial repression — controlled interest rates on deposits, which ensure a negative real rate of return — into a giant engine of kleptocracy.
In an interview with Ezra Klein, he noted:First, there are the questions of just how productive will be the investments that are not attractive at a negative real rate but only become attractive at a more negative real rate, and how much incremental investment will be stimulated.
With inflation at about 1.5percentthathat is not a bad real rate of return.
When the euro zone had 3% inflation and ultra-low interest rates, there was a negative real rate; now, with the main interest rate at 0.05% but inflation at -0.6%, the real rate is 0.65%.
