A Plot of the Interest Rates on Default-Free Canada Bonds

question 18

Multiple Choice

A plot of the interest rates on default-free Canada bonds with different terms to maturity is called ________.

• A) a risk-structure curve
• B) a default-free curve
• C) a yield curve
• D) an interest-rate curve

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