On the basis of these data, the real risk-free rate of return is   3% 2% 0% 1%

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You read in The Wall Street Journal that 60-day T-bills are currently yielding 9.5%.  Your brother-in-law, a broker, has given you the following estimates of current interest rate pre­miums:

  • Inflation premium = 6.5%.
  • Liquidity premium = 1.15%.
  • Maturity risk premium = 2.50%.
  • Default risk premium = 2.22%.


On the basis of these data, the real risk-free rate of return is

 

3%
2%
0%
1%
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