The following table gives the prices of Treasury Bonds. What is the zero-rate (continuously compounded) for 1.5 years? Bond Principal ($) 100 100 100 Time to Maturity (years) 0.5 1.0 1.5 Annual Coupon ($) 0 0 5.7 Bond Price ($) 97.3 94.1 101.1 (enter percentage in decimal form to four decimal places, i.e. eleven and a half percent would be entered as 0.1150)

The following table gives the prices of Treasury Bonds. What is the zero-rate (continuously compounded) for 1.5 years? Bond Principal ($) 100 100 100 Time to Maturity (years) 0.5 1.0 1.5 Annual Coupon ($) 0 0 5.7 Bond Price ($) 97.3 94.1 101.1 (enter percentage in decimal form to four decimal places, i.e. eleven and a half percent would be entered as 0.1150)

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