Assume that interest rates on 5-year Treasury and 10-year ABC Company AAA bonds are as follows: T-bond =3.72% ABC AAA = 4.52% ABC Company's bond is not traded on the exchange. The difference in these rates were probably caused primarily by: (1) Liquidity premium; (2) Default risk premium; (3) Maturity risk premium; (4) Inflation premium

Assume that interest rates on 5-year Treasury and 10-year ABC Company AAA bonds are as follows: T-bond =3.72% ABC AAA = 4.52% ABC Company's bond is not traded on the exchange. The difference in these rates were probably caused primarily by: (1) Liquidity premium; (2) Default risk premium; (3) Maturity risk premium; (4) Inflation premium

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Chapter5: The Cost Of Money (interest Rates)

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