If the real interest rate is expected by a particular person to become negative, then the purchasing power of his or her savings would be ____, as the inflation rate is expected to be ____ the existing nominal interest rate.
A) decreasing; less than
B) decreasing; greater than
C) increasing; greater than
D) increasing; less than
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