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Forecasting Future Inflation
An economy experiences an inflation rate of 3% in Year 1 and 5% in Year 2. According to a model where individuals form their expectations about future inflation based solely on the most recently observed inflation rate, what would be the expected rate of inflation for Year 3? Briefly explain the reasoning behind this prediction.
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