Question $8$: Below is a table of US government fixed$-$coupon bond yields sourced from Bloomberg on $24$ October $2023.$ Note that all bonds can be assumed to have a $$100$ face value and all yields and coupons are per annum. The $\text{'}1$ month' and $\text{'}1$ year' ago columns show the increase in yields over the last month or year in basis points, where $1$ basis point equals $0\mathrm{.}01\%.$

Treasury Yields

$\backslash$table$[[$NAME$,$COUPON,PRICE,YELD,$1$MONTH,$1$YEAR,TIME $($EDT$)],[\backslash$table$[[$GB$3$:GOV$],[3$ Month$]],0\mathrm{.}00,5\mathrm{.}30,5\mathrm{.}45\%,-2,+147,4\mathrm{.}59$ PM$],[\backslash$table$[[$GBG:GoV$],[6$ Month$]],0\mathrm{.}00,5\mathrm{.}29,5\mathrm{.}52\%,+0,+112,4\mathrm{.}59$ PM$],[\backslash$table$[[$GB$12$:GOV$],[12$ Month$]],0\mathrm{.}00,5\mathrm{.}10,5\mathrm{.}39\%,-5,+86,4\mathrm{.}59PM$