You have gone to the bank to borrow money for one year. The nominal rate is 7.5%. The real rate of interest is 4%. Over the course of the year, overall prices increased by 4%. This rate of inflation hurt the _____ because the actual rate of inflation was _____ than the anticipated rate of inflation.
a. lender; higher
b. lender; lower
c. borrower; lower
d. borrower; higher