Your assistant gathered the following financial data for Japan: The real risk-free rate is 3%. Inflation is expected to be 2% this year and 4% during the next 2 years. What is the required return on 2-year Treasury bond securities? Since the maturity is only 2 years we will assume that no premium should be required for the maturity risk.

a) 6%

b) 8%

c) 6.33%

d) 8.33%

e) None of the above