Ch 06: Assignment - Interest Rates 6. Pure expectations theory The pure expectations theory, or the expectations hypothesis, asserts that long-term interest rates can be used to estimate future short-term interest rates. Based on the pure expectations theory, is the following statement true or false? The pure expectations theory assumes that a one-year bond purchased today will have the same return as a one-year bond purchased five years from now. False True The yield on a one-year Treasury security is 4.2300%, and the two-year Treasury security has a 5.0760% yield. Assuming that the pure expectations theory is correct, what is the market's estimate of the one-year Treasury rate one year from now? (Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.) 5.0396% 7.5297% 5.9289% 6.7589% Recall that on a one-year Treasury security the yield is 4.2300% and 5.0760% on a two-year Treasury security. Suppose the one-year security does not have a maturity risk premium, but the two-year security does and it is 0.35%. What is the market's estimate of the one year Treasury rate one year from now? (Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.) Ch 06: Assignment - Interest Rates theory is correct, what is the market's estimate of the one-year Treasury rate one year from now? (Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.) 5.0396% 7.5297% 5.9289% 6.7589% Recall that on a one-year Treasury security the yield is 4.2300% and 5.0760% on a two-year Treasury security. Suppose the one-year security does not have a maturity risk premium, but the two-year security does and it is 0.35%. What is the market's estimate of the one-year Treasury rate one year from now? (Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.) 6.635% 4.4407% 5.9558% 5.2244% Suppose the yield on a two-year Treasury security is 5.83%, and the yield on a five-year Treasury security is 6.20%. Assuming that the pure expectations theory is correct, what is the market's estimate of the three-year Treasury rate two years from now? (Note: Do not round your intermediate calculations.) 5.46% 7.10% 6.45% 6.69%