Mastery task

Six items on a Treasury tenor no lesson in this course used, chosen at render time from today's curve. Read the yield from the record named below and work each item from it. Pass mark 80%.

Pass mark 80%. This attempt’s record: 7-Year Treasury Par Yield (as of 2026-09-15) — not used in any lesson.

  1. 1. Using this record's quoted annual yield, compounded annually, what does US$1,000 grow to after two years? Enter dollars to two decimals.

    Source record: 7-Year Treasury Par Yield (as of 2026-09-15)

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  2. 2. Using this record's yield as the discount rate, what is the present value today of US$1,000 due in two years? Enter dollars to two decimals.

    Source record: 7-Year Treasury Par Yield (as of 2026-09-15)

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  3. 3. The figure on this record is best described as:

    Source record: 7-Year Treasury Par Yield (as of 2026-09-15)

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  4. 4. If consumer prices rose over a year by exactly this record's yield, the real interest rate earned over that year is closest to:

    Source record: 7-Year Treasury Par Yield (as of 2026-09-15)

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  5. 5. This record quotes an annual yield. If the same annual rate were instead compounded monthly, the effective annual rate would be:

    Source record: 7-Year Treasury Par Yield (as of 2026-09-15)

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  6. 6. A year after lending at this record's yield, the lender is repaid with interest. Over the same year consumer prices rose by 3%. The purchasing power of the money repaid, compared with the money lent, has:

    Source record: 7-Year Treasury Par Yield (as of 2026-09-15)

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