Question: [Related to Solved Problem 5.2b] Use the data on Treasury securities in the following table to answer the question: Date 1 year 2 year 3

[Related to Solved Problem

5.2b]

Use the data on Treasury securities in the following table to answer the question:

Date

1 year

2 year

3 year

03/05/2010

00.37%

0.9%

1.49%

Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Assuming that the liquidity premium theory is correct, on March 5, 2010, what did investors expect the interest rate to be on the one-year Treasury bill two years from that date if the term premium on a two-year Treasury note was

0.05%

and the term premium on a three-year Treasury note was 0.07%?

The expected interest rate is ? %.(Round your response to two decimal places.)

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