Suppose that you could buy a one-year bond today, which has an interest rate of (3 %).

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Suppose that you could buy a one-year bond today, which has an interest rate of \(3 \%\). If you wait a year and buy a one-year bond then, the interest rate will be \(4 \%\). Two years from now, a one-year bond is expected to offer an interest rate of \(5 \%\). According to the expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates, what is the interest rate on a two-year bond today? What is the interest rate on a three-year bond today?

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Macroeconomics

ISBN: 9780134167398

9th Edition

Authors: Andrew B. Abel, Ben Bernanke, Dean Croushore

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