Suppose that the interest rate on a one-year Treasury bill is currently 1% and that investors expect that the interest rates on one-year Treasury bills over the next three years will be 2%, 3%, and 2%, respectively. Suppose that the expectations hypothesis holds. Calculate the current interest rates on two-year, three-year, and four-year Treasury notes.

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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.