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Approximately how many months was the U.S. in a recession from January 1983 through December 2010?

What was the interest rate charged on a 10-year Treasury in November 2005?

What was the interest rate charged on a 10-year Treasury in August 2000?

What was the interest rate charged on a 10-year Treasury in September 2019?

Assume you observe a 10-year bond with nominal rate of 8.0%.   Further assume that for this 10-year bond the inflation premium is 2.25%, the liquidity risk premium is 0.25%, the maturity risk premium is 1.00%, and there are no special provisions on the bond that warrant a premium.   If you assume the real, risk-free rate is 3.00%, what is the default risk premium for this bond?

What is the shortcut in Excel to turn on the feature to sort and filter data that begins with ALT?  To be sure, the first answer should be “ALT” without the quotations, and each step in the process will be a separate answer.  Note that filtering data would come after this step. [sf1] [sf2] [sf3] [sf4] You answer should be typed in ALL CAPS.  If you do not need all of the options type in NA in the box.  If keys are held down together, do not include a + sign.

In May 2004, what was the maturity risk premium for a 20-year Treasury over a 3-month T-bill?

In December 2008, what was the default risk premium for a AAA corporate bond relative to a BBB (Baa) Corporate Bond?

Which of the following are inappropriate actions in this course?

Approximately how many months was the U.S. in a recession from January 1973 through December 2010?