A 5-year Treasury bond has a 4.6% yield. A 10-year Treasury bond yields 6.3%, and a 10-year corporate bond yields 8.85%. The market expects that inflation will average 2.1% over the next 10 years (IP10 = 2.1%). Assume that there is no maturity risk premium (MRP = 0) and that the annual real risk-free rate, r*, will remain constant over the next 10 years. (Hint: Remember that the default risk premium and the liquidity premium are zero for Treasury securities: DRP = LP 0.) A 5-year corporate bond has the same default risk premium and liquidity premium as the 10-year corporate bond described. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below. X Open spreadsheet What is the yield on this 5-year corporate bond? Round your answer to two decimal places. = %

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A 5-year Treasury bond has a 4.6% yield. A 10-year Treasury bond yields 6.3%, and a 10-year corporate bond yields 8.85%. The market expects that inflation will average 2.1% over the next 10 years

A 5-year Treasury bond has a 4.6% yield. A 10-year Treasury bond yields 6.3%, and a 10-year corporate bond yields 8.85%.
The market expects that inflation will average 2.1% over the next 10 years (IP10 = 2.1%). Assume that there is no maturity
risk premium (MRP = 0) and that the annual real risk-free rate, r*, will remain constant over the next 10 years. (Hint:
Remember that the default risk premium and the liquidity premium are zero for Treasury securities: DRP LP = 0.) A 5-year
corporate bond has the same default risk premium and liquidity premium as the 10-year corporate bond described. The data
has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer
the question below.
X
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What is the yield on this 5-year corporate bond? Round your answer to two decimal places.
%
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Transcribed Image Text:A 5-year Treasury bond has a 4.6% yield. A 10-year Treasury bond yields 6.3%, and a 10-year corporate bond yields 8.85%. The market expects that inflation will average 2.1% over the next 10 years (IP10 = 2.1%). Assume that there is no maturity risk premium (MRP = 0) and that the annual real risk-free rate, r*, will remain constant over the next 10 years. (Hint: Remember that the default risk premium and the liquidity premium are zero for Treasury securities: DRP LP = 0.) A 5-year corporate bond has the same default risk premium and liquidity premium as the 10-year corporate bond described. The data has been collected in the Microsoft Excel Online file below. Open the spreadsheet and perform the required analysis to answer the question below. X Open spreadsheet What is the yield on this 5-year corporate bond? Round your answer to two decimal places. % Check My Work Reset Problem
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