TABLE 12.2 Average Annual Returns: 1926-2016 Investment Average Return Large-company stocks 12.0% Small-company stocks 16.6 Long-term corporate bonds 6.3 Long-term government bonds 6.0 U.S. Treasury bills 3.4 Inflation 3.0 a. What is the historical real return on long-term government bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What is the historical real return on long-term corporate bonds? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) 5.80 % Government bonds a. b. Corporate bonds 6.20 %