A recent edition of the Wall Street Journal reported interest rates of 2.5%, 2.80%, 3.0%, and 3.25% for the three-year, four-year, five-year, and six-year Treasury note yields, respectively, According to the unbiased expectation theory of the term structure of interest rates, what are the expected one-year rate during years 4 and 5

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Treasury Market

On-the-run securities are the most recently issued securities in the market depth and are therefore traded at some premium. The off-the-run securities are the ones issued just before the most recent ones. The on-the-run securities have a lower yield to the investor than the off-the-run securities.