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on the Treasury securities having different maturities. a. Approximately what real interest rate do Treasury securities offer investors at each maturity? a? c. Using your findings in part a, select the appropriate yield curve for U.S. Treasury securities. Describe the general shape and expectations reflected by the curve. d. What would a follower of the liquidity preference theory say about how the preferences of lenders and borrowers tend to affect the shape of the yield curve in part c? a. The real rate of interest on the 3-month U.S. Treasury bill is \%. (Round to one decimal place.) (Click on the icon here into a spreadsheet.) in order to copy the contents of the data table below