One-Year Treasury Bonds Yield 5% While 2-Year Bonds Yield 6

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Essay

One-year Treasury bonds yield 5% while 2-year bonds yield 6%.You are quite confident that in 1 year's time 1-year bonds will yield 8%.Would the higher yield on 2-year bonds cause you to prefer them?

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