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Assume that the bond market is in equilibrium.The current interest rate on one-year bonds is 5 percent, the interest rate on one-year bonds, one year from now is 6 percent, and in two years the interest rate on one-year bonds will be 6.5 percent.Assume that there is no term premium on a one-year bond.If the term premium equals 0.5 percent × the number of years to maturity, for two-year bonds and three-year bonds.The interest rate today on the two-year bond is and the interest rate today on a three-year bond is .


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