An increase in the rate of money growth leads to an increase in the rate of inflation. Inflation, in turn, causes the nominal interest rate to rise, which means that the opportunity
cost of holding money increases. As a result, real money balances fall. Since money is part of wealth, real wealth also falls. A fall in wealth reduces consumption,and, therefore, increases saving. The increase in saving leads to an outward shift of the saving schedule, This leads to a lower real interest rate.
The classical dichotomy states that a change in a nominal variable such as inflation does not affect real variables. In this case, the classical dichotomy does not hold;the increase in the rate of inflation leads to a decrease in the real interest rate. The Fisher effect states that i = r + π. In this case, since the real interest rate r falls, a 1-percent increase in inflation increases the nominal interest rate i by less than 1 percent.
Most economists believe that this Mundell–Tobin effect is not important because real money balances are a small fraction of wealth