Determinants of Interest Rates for Individual Securities the Wall Street

question 54

Multiple Choice

Determinants of Interest Rates for Individual Securities The Wall Street Journal reports that the current rate on 10-year Treasury bonds is 3.25 percent and on 20-year Treasury bonds is 5.50 percent. Assume that the maturity risk premium is zero. Calculate the expected rate on a 10-year Treasury bond purchased ten years from today, E(₁₀r₁₀) .

• A)2.25 percent
• B)4.38 percent
• C)7.80 percent
• D)8.75 percent

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