Discussion ECON

For this discussion I want you to make a choice.I want you get some data for the yield curve at a particular point between 5/30/06 and 5/30/12. in time and I want you to determine what the “expectation” was for future interest rate movements from that particular point in time.The data for the yield curve at a particular date is available at:https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/interest-rates/Pages/TextView.aspx?data=yield .You want to “think of your yield curve either in graphical format or in tabular format.So you should think of the yield curve as being a collection of ‘maturities’ and ‘risk free interest rates’ and answer the following questions.A mostly blank table is available to help you organize your answers. Your chosen particular point it time must be between 5/30/06 and 5/20/12.

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1 Month	1.74
3 Month	1.92
6 Month	2.10
1 Year	2.28
2 Year	2.47
3 Year	2.61
5 Year	2.74
7Year	2.85
10 Year	2.89
20 Year	2.96
30 Year	3.13

• Is the Yield curve “flatter or steeper” at your chosen date than it was on 6/1/18.Fully explain, don’t be surprised is your answer is kind of “mixed.”
• What were the expectations regarding interest rate movements based on the yield curve at your chosen date for the three months following that date.Fully explain using the material in Chapter 6 of your text.
• Provide some evidence of your choosing as to what happened to interest rates in the 3 months following your chosen date.