We looked at the determinants of market interest rates. The following questions are designed to aid with your understanding of interest rates. Here, we will access The New York Times Bonds Market Page website (markets.on.nytimes.com/research/markets/bonds/bonds.asp) and the FINRA Bond Center website (finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter/) to answer these questions:

1. Using The New York Times Bonds Market Page website, plot the most recent yield curve for Treasury bonds.

2. Looking at The New York Times Bonds Market Page website, how does the current yield curve for Treasury bonds compare to the yield curve 1 month ago? 1 year ago?

3. Using the FINRA Bond Center website and the advanced search tool, list several investment grade corporate issues—noting the issuer, coupon rate, maturity, credit rating, and yield information.

4. Using the FINRA Bond Center website and the advanced search tool, list several high yield corporate issues—

noting the issuer, coupon rate, maturity, credit rating, and yield information.