You read in The Wall Street Journal that 30-day T-bills arc currently yielding 4

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You read in The Wall Street Journal that 30-day T-bills arc currently yielding 4.7%. Your brother-in-law, a broker at Safe and Sound Securities, has given you the following estimates of current interest rate premiums: Inflation premium = 2.5% Liquidity premium = 0.8% Maturity risk premium = 2.15% Default risk premium = 2% On the basis of these data, w hat is the real risk-free rate of return? Round your answer to two decimal places. Default Risk Premium A Treasury bond that matures in 10 years has a yield of 5.25%. A 10-year corporate bond has a yield of 9%. Assume that the liquidity premium on the corporate bond is 0.65%. What is the default risk premium on the corporate bond? Round your answer to two decimal places. The real risk-free rate is 3%, and inflation is expected to be 4% for the next 2 years. A 2-year Treasury security yields 9%. What is the maturity risk premium for the 2-year One-year Treasury securities yield 4.55%. The market anticipates that 1 year from now. 1-year Treasury securities will yield 6.9%. If the pure expectations theory is correct, what is the yield today for 2-year Treasury securities? Calculate the yield using a geometric average. Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Answer:6-2

r = r* + IP

4.7= r* + 2.5

r* = 2.2%

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