$5.$ The table below shows the closing U$.$S$.$ Treasury bond yields for Monday, August $19$th:

Based upon this information, what generalization can you make about the direction of interest rates over the next five years? The current $3-$year treasury note yields $3\mathrm{.}86\%.$ What will the $3-$year treasury note yield be $7$ years from now? Which core principle allows us to $$bootstrap$$ forward interest rates?