Go to the CANSIM data available in the Student Resources section of your MyEconLab website and download monthly data from January 1976 to December 2011 on the three-month T-bill rate (series V122531) and the interest rate on long-term Canada bonds (series V122544).

a. Calculate the mean and standard deviation as well as the maximum and minimum values for each series over the sample period.

b. Which were the worst and best years in terms of interest rates?