You read in The Wall Street Journal that $30-$day T$-$bills are currently yielding $5\mathrm{.}0\%.$ Your brother$-$in$-$law, a broker at Safe and Sound Securities, has given you the following estimates of current interest rate premiums:

Inflation premium $=3\mathrm{.}00\%$

Liquidity premium $=1\mathrm{.}0\%$

Maturity risk premium $=1\mathrm{.}85\%$

Default risk premium $=2\mathrm{.}60\%$

On the basis of these data, what is the real risk$-$free rate of return? Round your answer to two decimal places.