One-year Treasury bills currently earn 2.80 percent. You expect that one year from now, 1-year Treasury bill rates will increase to 3.30 percent and that two years from now, 1-year Treasury bill rates will increase to 3.70 percent. If the unbiased expectations theory is correct, what should the current rate be on 3-year Treasury securities? (Do not round

You will receive $100 from a savings bond in 4 years. The nominal interest rate is 7.90 %. a) What is the present value of the proceeds from the bond? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. b) If the inflation rate over the next few years is expected to be 2.90%, what will the real value of the $100 payoff be in terms of today's dollars? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. c)What is the real interest rate? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. d)Calculate the real payoff from the bond [from part (b)] discounted at the real interest rate [ from part (c)]. Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.

Currently, 3-year Treasury securities yield 9%, 7-year Treasury securities yield 8.6%, and 10-year Treasury securities yield 8.3%. If the expectations theory is correct, what does the market expect will be the yield on 7-year Treasury securities three years from today? O 8.60% O 8.00% O 8.40% O 8.20% O 8.80%

Interest rates on 4-year Treasury securities are currently 5.6%, while 6-year Treasury securities yield 7.85%. If the pure expectations theory is correct, what does the market believe that 2-year securities will be yielding 4 years from now? Calculate the yield using a geometric average. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places. %

One-year Treasury bills currently earn 5.50 percent. You expect that one year from now, one-year Treasury bill rates will increase to 5.75 percent. If the unbiased expectations theory is correct, what should the current rate be on two-year Treasury securities?      5.50%   5.625%   5.75%   11.25%

The current one-year T-bill rate is .50 percent and the expected one-year rate 12 months from now is 1.38 percent. According to the unbiased expectations theory, what should be the current rate for a two-year Treasury security? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.16))   Current rate=    %

Suppose that the current one-year rate (one-year spot rate) and expected one-year government bonds over years 2, 3 and 4 are as follows: 1R1 = 4.80%, E(2r1) = 5.45%, E(3r1) = 5.95%, E(4r1) = 6.10% Assume that there are no liquidity premiums. To the nearest basis point, what is the current rate for the four-year-maturity government bond? 5.57% 5.62% 5.83% 6.10%

The Wall Street Journal reports that the rate on 3-year Treasury securities is 1.50 percent and the rate on 5- year Treasury securities is 2.45 percent. According to the unbiased expectations theory, what does the market expect the 2-year Treasury rate to be three years from today, E(3/2)? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places.) Treasury rate %

The yield on a one-year Treasury security is 4.6900%, and the two-year Treasury security has a 6.3315% yield. Assuming that the pure expectations theory is correct, what is the market's estimate of the one-year Treasury rate one year from now? (Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.) 6.799% O7.9988% O9.1186% O 10.1585% Recall that on a one-year Treasury security the yield is 4.6900% and 6.3315% on a two-year Treasury security. Suppose the one-year security does not have a maturity risk premium, but the two-year security does and it is 0.15%. What is the market's estimate of the one-year Treasury rate one year from now? (Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.) O 7.6942% O 8.7714% O9.7716% O 6.5401% Suppose the yield on a two-year Treasury security is 5.83%, and the yield on a five-year Treasury security is 6.20%. Assuming that the pure expectations theory is correct, what is the market's estimate of the three-year Treasury rate two years from now? (Note: Do not…

eBook Interest rates on 4-year Treasury securities are currently 7%, while 6-year Treasury securities yield 7.7%. If the pure expectations theory is correct, what does the market believe that 2-year securities will be yielding 4 years from now? Calculate the yield using a geometric average. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places.