Exam 6: Understanding Financial Markets and Institutions

All of the following are factors that affect nominal interest rates EXCEPT

Nikki G's Corporation's 10-year bonds are currently yielding a return of 9.25 percent. The expected inflation premium is 2.0 percent annually and the real interest rate is expected to be 3.10 percent annually over the next 10 years. The liquidity risk premium on Nikki G's bonds is 0.1 percent. The maturity risk premium is 0.10 percent on two-year securities and increases by 0.05 percent for each additional year to maturity. Calculate the default risk premium on Nikki G's 10-year bonds.

Which of the following do foreign suppliers of funds in the U.S. financial market assess?

All of the following special provisions benefit security holders EXCEPT

Which of these money market instruments are short-term funds transferred between financial institutions, usually for no more than one day?

Which of these is the interest rate that would exist on a default-free security if no inflation were expected?

The Wall Street Journal reports that the rate on four-year Treasury securities is 7.50 percent and the rate on five-year Treasury securities is 9.15 percent. According to the unbiased expectations hypothesis, what does the market expect the one-year Treasury rate to be four years from today, E(₅r₁)?

In 20XX, the 10-year Treasury rate was 4.5 percent while the average 10-year Aaa corporate bond debt carried an interest rate of 6.0 percent. What is the average default risk premium on Aaa corporate bonds?

Which of the following is the risk that an asset's sale price will be lower than its purchase price?

Which of the following is the risk that a security issuer will miss an interest or principal payment or continue to miss such payments?

Which of the following occurs as domestic economic conditions experience a period of growth especially relative to other countries?

Which of the following factors cause the supply of funds curve to shift?

Which of the following factors cause the demand for funds curve to shift?

The Wall Street Journal reports that the rate on three-year Treasury securities is 7.00 percent, and the six-year Treasury rate is 7.25 percent. From discussions with your broker, you have determined that the expected inflation premium will be 1.75 percent next year, 2.25 percent in year 2, and 2.40 percent in year 3 and beyond. Further, you expect that real interest rates will be 3.75 percent annually for the foreseeable future. What is the maturity risk premium on the six-year Treasury security?

Suppose we observe the three-year Treasury security rate (₁R₃) to be 6 percent, the expected one-year rate next year E(₂r₁) to be 3 percent, and the expected one-year rate the following year E(₃r₁) to be 5 percent. If the unbiased expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates holds, what is the one-year Treasury security rate, ₁R₁?

Suppose we observe the three-year Treasury security rate (₁R₃) to be 11 percent, the expected one-year rate next year E(₂r₁) to be 4 percent, and the expected one-year rate the following year E(₃r₁) to be 5 percent. If the unbiased expectations theory of the term structure of interest rates holds, what is the one-year Treasury security rate, ₁R₁?

The Wall Street Journal reports that the current rate on five-year Treasury bonds is 2.85 percent and on 10-year Treasury bonds is 4.35 percent. Assume that the maturity risk premium is zero. Calculate the expected rate on a five-year Treasury bond purchased five years from today, E(₅r₅).

According to this theory of term structure of interest rates, at any given point in time, the yield curve reflects the market's current expectations of future short-term rates.

Which of the following statements is correct?

Which of the following statements is correct?