Over the next three years, the expected path of 1 year interest rates is 1, 2, and 1 percent, and the 1-year, 2-year, and 3- year term premia are 0, 0.2. and 0.5 percent, respectively. Using the information, if the expectations theory of the term structure is true, then your expected rate of return for buying a two-year bond today over the next two-year is ____% (round to the nearest integer).

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Over the next three years, the expected path of 1 year interest rates is 1, 2, and 1 percent, and the 1-year, 2-year, and 3- year term premia are 0, 0.2. and 0.5 percent, respectively. Using the information, if the expectations theory of the term structure is true, then your expected rate of return for buying a two-year bond today over the next two-year is ____% (round to the nearest integer).

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