Consider the following information on different asset classes from 1926 through 2020. Arithmetic Mean 12.2% 16.2 6.5 6.1 5.3 3.3 2.9 Series Large-company stocks Small-company stocks Long-term corporate bonds Long-term government bonds Intermediate-term government bonds U.S. Treasury bills Inflation a. What is the real return on long-term government bonds? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What is the real return on long-term corporate bonds? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. a. Real return b. Real return % %

Consider the following information on different asset classes from 1926 through 2020. Arithmetic Mean 12.2% 16.2 6.5 6.1 5.3 3.3 2.9 Series Large-company stocks Small-company stocks Long-term corporate bonds Long-term government bonds Intermediate-term government bonds U.S. Treasury bills Inflation a. What is the real return on long-term government bonds? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. b. What is the real return on long-term corporate bonds? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. a. Real return b. Real return % %

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