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A 5-year Treasury bond has a 4.7% yield. A 10-year Treasury bond yields 6.6%, and a 10-year corporate bond yields 9.5%. The market expects that inflation will average 2.4% over the next 10 years (IP10 = 2.4%). Assume that there is no maturity risk premium (MRP = 0) and that the annual real risk-free rate, r*, will remain constant over the next 10 years. (Hint: Remember that the default risk premium and the liquidity premium are zero for Treasury securities: DRP = LP = 0.) A 5-year corporate bond has the same default risk premium and liquidity premium as the 10-year corporate bond described. What is the yield on this 5-year corporate bond? Round your answer to one decimal place. Due to a recession, expected inflation this year is only 4.75%. However, the inflation rate in Year 2 and thereafter is expected to be constant at some level above 4.75%. Assume that the expectations theory holds and the real risk-free rate (r*) is 3.5%. If the yield on 3-year Treasury bonds equals the 1-year yield plus 2.0%, what inflation rate is expected after Year 1? Round your answer to two decimal places