c) The government has recently issued five series of zeroes (zero-coupon bonds) with 6 month, 1 year, 18 month, 2 year and 30 month maturity horizons. If the bonds have respective prices of $966.18, $929.59, $891.11, $851.55 and $811.64 bootstrap the 1 year, 18 month and 2 year forward 6 month rates. d) Identify if the 6 month forward-rate curve you computed in c is in a state of backwardation, contango or is flat