Suppose the Federal Reserve (the Fed) decides to tighten credit by contracting the money supply. Use the following graph by moving the black X to show what happens to the equilibrium level of borrowing and the new equilibrium interest rate. 16 TO S2 S1 Equilibrium INTEREST RATE, (Percent) CAPITAL (Billions of dollars) Which tend to be more volatile, short- or long-term interest rates? O Short-term interest rates Long-term interest rates If the inflation rate was 3.40% and the nominal interest rate was 5.60% over the last year, what was the real rate of interest over the last year? Disregard cross-product terms; that is, if averaging is required, use the arithmetic average. Round intermediate calculations to four decimal place O 2.53% 2.20% 1.87% 0 2.75% Grade It Now Save & Continue Continue without savin