Consider the following US treasury rate table expressed in percentage. Maturity Yield Last Last Yesterday R(0,t) Week Month 6 Month 2.65 2.35 1.85 1.55 1 Year 2.75 2.70 2.20 1.90 2 Year 3.60 2.90 2.40 2.10 3 Year 4.00 4.65 4.15 3.85 5 Year 4.80 4.70 2.20 3.90 10 Year 5.00 4.90 4.40 4.10 30 Year 5.50 5.30 4.80 4.50 The forward rate F(2,1) is the rate that applies to borrowing or lending starting in 2 years from today for an additional year. F(2,1) today is equal to: Answer in percentage with two digits decimal accuracy. Example 10.34

What is the real interest rate given a nominal rate of 8.7​% and an inflation rate of 1.5​%? A. 11.3​% B. 8.5​% C. 7.1​% D. 9.9​%

Maturity   Periods Years Yield 1 year 1.00 5.37% 2 years 2.00 5.47% 3 years 3.00 5.65% 4 years 4.00 5.71% 5 years 5.00 5.64% 10 years 10.00 5.75% 20 years 20.00 6.33% 30 years 30.00 5.94%

Complete the following using present value. (Use the Table provided.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the "Rate used" to the nearest tenth percent. Round the "PV factor" to 4 decimal places and final answer to the nearest cent.) Amount desired at end of period 6,600 Length of time 10 years Rate 2% Compounded semiannually On PV Table 12.3 Period used 120 Rate used 0.2 % PV factor used 0.2400 $ PV of amount desired at end of period 1,584.08

14. Suppose that the current three-year rate (three-year spot rate) and expected one-year T- bill rates over the following years are as follows: 1R3 = 12%, E(201) = 8%, E( 31 ) = 10% What should be the current spot rate for one-year treasury bill? 9.00% 5.59% 18.26% 18.80% 9.99%

Find the future value. (Use the Table 12.1.) (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round the "FV factor" to 4 decimal places and final answer to the nearest cent.) $ Present value 11,129.37 Length of time 5 years Rate 12% Compounded Quarterly On FV Table 12.1 Period used 20 Rate used 3% FV factor used Future value

For each of the following cases, indicate (a) what interest rate columns and (b) what number of periods you would refer to in looking up the present value factor. (1) In Table 3 (present value of 1): Number of Discounts Annual Rate Years Involved per Year Case A 9% 7 Case B 10% 8 Annually Semiannually Case C 8% 8 Semiannually Case A Case B Case C (a) (b) % periods % periods % periods (2) In Table 4 (present value of an annuity of 1): Annual Rate Number of Years Involved Number of Payments Involved Frequency of Payments Case A 8% 15 15 Annually Case B 8% 4 4 Annually Case C 12% 8 16 Semiannually (a) Case A % Case B % (b) periods periods Case C % periods

Consider the following table for a seven-year period: Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 U.S. Treasury Bills 3.45% 3.30 4.20 4.62 2.42 1.30 1.03 Returns Average real return Inflation -1.15% -2.29 -1.19 0.61 -6.43 -9.35 -1.30 What was the average real return for Treasury bills for this time period? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. %

A 5.05% Coupon Treasury Inflation Protection Security has an original reference CPI of 295.32. If the current CPI is 302.33, what is the current coupon interest payment? (Assume semiannual interest payments and a par value of $1,000) $25.25 $23.74 $25.85 ○ $51.70

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