Principles Of Managerial Finance, Student Value Edition (14th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780133508000
Author: Lawrence J. Gitman, Chad J. Zutter
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.3WUE
The YTMs for Treasuries with differing maturities (with each rate expressed as an annual rate) on a recent day were as shown in the following table.
| Maturity | YTM |
| 3 months | 1.41% |
| 6 months | 1.71 |
| 2 years | 2.68 |
| 3 years | 3.01 |
| 5 years | 3.70 |
| 10 years | 4.51 |
| 30 years | 5.25 |
The real rate of interest is 0.8% per year. Use the information in the preceding table to calculate the approximate inflation expectation for each maturity.
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