There are six half-year periods on a forward curve. The curve is currently flat at 6%, and

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There are six half-year periods on a forward curve. The curve is currently flat at 6%, and you are given the following declining volatility curve: 

0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.01

(a) What feature of interest rates might result in the volatility curve declining so sharply? 

(b) Solve for the two forward curves a half-year ahead, and plot each of them. What effect does the declining volatility have on the two curves in the next period?

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