ebook Interest rates on 4-year Treasury securities are currently 6,6%, while 6-year Treasury securities Yield 7.159. If the pure expectations theory is correct, what does the market believe that 2-year securities will be yielding 4 years from now? Calculate the yield using a geometric average. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places 96 The real risc free rate is 1.75%. Inflation is expected to be 2.75% this year, 4.25% next year, and 2.5 thereafter. The maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.05 (t - 1), where t number of years to maturity. What is the yield on a 7-year Treasury note? Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places, Assume that the real risk-free rate is 1% and that the maturity risk premium is zero. If a 1-year Treasury bond yield is 5% and a 2-year Treasury bond yields 7%, what is the 1-year interest rate that is expected for Year 27 Calculate this yield using a geometric average. Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places % What inflation rate is expected during Year 2? Do not round Intermediate calculations. Round your answer to two decimal places Comment on why the average interest rate during the 2-year period differs from the 1-year Interest rate expected for Year 2 1. The difference is due to the fact that there is no liquidity risk premium 11. The difference is due to the inflation rate reflected in the two interest rates. The inflation rate reflected in the Interest rate on any security is the average rate of inflation expected over the security's life. 11. The difference is due to the real risk-free rate reflected in the two interest rates. The real risk-free rate reflected in the interest rate on any security is the average real risk-free rate expected over the security's life. IV. The difference is due to the fact that the maturity risk premium is zero. V. The difference is due to the fact that we are dealing with very short-term bonds. For longer term bonds, you would not expect an interest rate differential Select An Investor in Treasury securities expects Inflation to be 1.7% in Year 1, 26% in Year 2, and 3.35% each year thereafter. Assume that the real risk-free rate is 1.55 and that this rate will remain constant. Three-year Treasury securities yield 6,30%, while 5-year Treasury securities yield 7.00%. What is the difference in the maturity risk premiums (MRPs) on the two securities; that is, what is MRPS - MRP? Do not round intermediate calculations, Round your answer to two decimal places