Exercise 1.1 Term Structure Construction For the Treasury curve with the data given below. a) Estimate the forward rates assuming they are piecewise constant. b) Estimate the forward rates assuming they are piecewise linear. Ending forward rate for interval equals the starting forward rate for next interval. Functional form of the forward rates are given below Can use excel with the solver function for this exercise. Tenor Price Coupon Cpn Freq 1 100 0.21% 2 2 100 0.23% 2 3 100 0.28% 2 5 100 0.48% 2 7 100 0.71% 2 10 100 0.97% 2 20 100 1.36% 2 30 100 1.45% 2 Years 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-5 5-7 7-10 10-20 20-30 Constant Beg/End FWD1 FWD2 FWD3 FWD4 FWD5 FWD6 FWD7 FWD8 Years 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-5 5-7 7-10 10-20 20-30 Linear Begin FWD1 FWD1 FWD2 FWD3 FWD4 FWD5 FWD6 FWD7 Linear End FWD1 FWD2 FWD3 FWD4 FWD5 FWD6 FWD7 FWD8