You observe the following yield curve for Treasury securities: Maturity Yield 1 Year 2.40% 2 Years 3.40% 4.00% 4.10% 5.40% 3 Years 4 Years 5 Years Assume that the pure expectations hypothesis holds. What does the market expect will be the yield on 4-year securities, 1 year from today? O 6,45% O 6.30% O 6.15% O 6.00% 5.85%

You observe the following yield curve for Treasury securities: Maturity Yield 1 Year 2.40% 2 Years 3.40% 4.00% 4.10% 5.40% 3 Years 4 Years 5 Years Assume that the pure expectations hypothesis holds. What does the market expect will be the yield on 4-year securities, 1 year from today? O 6,45% O 6.30% O 6.15% O 6.00% 5.85%

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Assume that the expectations theory holds. What does the market expect will be the yield on 2-year Treasury securities three years from today? 5.8% 5.4% 6.6% 7.6% 6.8%
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1. (Yield curve) If yields on Treasury securities were currently as follows: Term Yield 6 months 1.00% 1 year 1.70% 2 years 2.10% 3 years 2.40% 4 years 2.70% 5 years 2.90% 10 years 3.50% 15 years 3.90% 20 years 4.00% 30 years 4.10% a. Plot the yield curve.b. Explain this yield curve using the unbiased expectations theory and the liquidity preference theory
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Currently, 3-year Treasury securities yield8.7%,7-year Treasury securities yield8.4%, and 10 -year Treasury securities yield8.2%. If the expectations theory is correct, what does the market expect will be the yield on 3-year Treasury securities seven years from today? 8.13%8.33%7.73%7.53%7.93%
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