tailieunhanh - The economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets Part 3

Ch a p ter 6 The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates. In our supply and demand analysis of interest-rate behavior in Chapter 5, we examined the determination of just one interest rate. Yet we saw earlier that there are enormous numbers of bonds on which the interest rates can and do differ | Chapter 6 The Risk and Term Structure of Interest Rates PREVIEW In our supply and demand analysis of interest-rate behavior in Chapter 5 we exam- ined the determination of just one interest rate. Yet we saw earlier that there are enormous numbers of bonds on which the interest rates can and do differ. In this chapter we complete the interest-rate picture by examining the relationship of the various interest rates to one another. Understanding why they differ from bond to bond can help businesses banks insurance companies and private investors decide which bonds to purchase as investments and which ones to sell. We first look at why bonds with the same term to maturity have different interest rates. The relationship among these interest rates is called the risk structure of interest rates although risk liquidity and income tax rules all play a role in determining the risk structure. A bond s term to maturity also affects its interest rate and the relationship among interest rates on bonds with different terms to maturity is called the term structure of interest rates. In this chapter we examine the sources and causes of fluctuations in interest rates relative to one another and look at a number of theories that explain these fluctuations. Risk Structure of Interest Rates Figure 1 shows the yields to maturity for several categories of long-term bonds from 1919 to 2002. It shows us two important features of interest-rate behavior for bonds of the same maturity Interest rates on different categories of bonds differ from one another in any given year and the spread or difference between the interest rates varies over time. The interest rates on municipal bonds for example are above those on . government Treasury bonds in the late 1930s but lower thereafter. In addition the spread between the interest rates on Baa corporate bonds riskier than Aaa corporate bonds and . government bonds is very large during the Great Depression years 1930-1933 is smaller during the .

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