International Fisher Relation
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Economist Irving Fisher is credited with the inflation expectations theory of interest rates, which proposes that the nominal risk free interest rate (i.e., developed economy government issued debt) consists of a real interest rate plus and an inflation expectation.
1 + r f nominal = (1 + r f real)(1 + E(I))
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