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CHAPTER 15
The Term Structure of Interest
Rates
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Overview of Term Structure
• The yield curve is a graph that displays the relationship between yield and maturity.
• Information on expected future short term rates can be implied from the yield curve.
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Figure 15.1 Treasury Yield Curves
See
Treasury.gov Many other interesting links, for example:
stockcharts.com
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Figure 15.1 Treasury Yield Curves
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Bond Pricing
• Yields on different maturity bonds are not all equal – there is a term structure.
• We need to consider each bond cash flow as a stand-alone zero-coupon bond.
• The value of the bond should be the sum of the values of its parts.
• Bond stripping and bond reconstitution offer opportunities for arbitrage.
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Table 15.1 Prices and Yields to Maturities on Zero-Coupon Bonds ($1,000 Face Value)
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These prices are in the form:
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Example 15.1 Valuing Coupon Bonds
• Value a 3 year, 10% coupon bond using discount rates from Table 15.1:
• Price = $1082.17
• YTM = 6.88%
• 6.88% is less than the 3-year rate of 7%.
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Two Types of Yield Curves
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Pure Yield Curve
• The pure yield curve
uses stripped or zero
coupon Treasuries.
• The pure yield curve
may differ
significantly from the
on-the-run yield
curve.
On-the-run Yield Curve
• The on-the-run yield
curve uses recently
issued coupon bonds
selling at or near par.
• The financial press
typically publishes on-
the-run yield curves.
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Yield Curve Under Certainty
• Suppose you want to invest for 2 years:
– Buy and hold a 2-year zero
or
– Rollover a series of 1-year bonds
• Equilibrium (or no arbitrage) requires that both strategies provide the same return.
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(1+y2)2
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Figure 15.2 Two 2-Year Investment Programs
1+r1 1+r2
(1+y2)2
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Yield Curve Under Certainty
• Buy and hold vs. rollover:
• Next year’s 1-year rate (r2) is just enough to make rolling over a series of 1-year bonds equal to investing in the 2-year bond.
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Spot Rates vs. Short Rates
• Spot rate – the rate that prevails today for a given maturity
• Short rate – the rate for a given maturity (e.g. one year) at different points in time.
• A spot rate is the geometric average of its component short rates.
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Short Rates and Yield Curve Slope
• When next year’s short
rate, r2 , is less than this
year’s short rate, r1, the
yield curve slopes down.
– May indicate
market expects
rates to fall.
• When next year’s short
rate, r2 , is greater than
this year’s short rate, r1,
the yield curve slopes
up.
– May indicate
market expects
rates to rise.
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Figure 15.3 Short Rates versus Spot Rates
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Forward Rates from Observed Rates
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fn = one-year forward rate for period n
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Example 15.4 Forward Rates
• The forward interest rate is a forecast of a future short rate implied by the market.
• Example: compute forward rate for year 4:
– rate for 4-year maturity = 8%
– rate for 3-year maturity = 7%
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Interest Rate Uncertainty
• Suppose that today’s rate is 5% and the expected short rate for the following year is E(r2) = 6%. The value of a 2-year zero is:
• The value of a 1-year zero is:
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38.952$05.1
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Interest Rate Uncertainty
• The investor wants to invest for 1 year.
– Buy the 2-year bond today and plan to sell
it at the end of the first year for $1000/1.06
=$943.40.
or:
– Buy the 1-year bond today and hold to
maturity.
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Interest Rate Uncertainty
• What if next year’s interest rate is more (or less) than 6%?
–The actual return on the 2-year
bond is uncertain!
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Interest Rate Uncertainty
• Investors require a risk premium to hold a longer-term bond.
• This liquidity premium compensates short-term investors for the uncertainty about future prices.
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Theories of Term Structure
• Expectations
–Forward rates come from market
consensus
• Liquidity Preference
–Upward bias over expectations due to
premium the market requires
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Expectations Theory
• Observed long-term rate is a function of today’s short-term rate and expected future short-term rates.
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• fn = E(rn) and liquidity premiums are
zero.
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Liquidity Premium Theory
• Long-term bonds carry more risk; therefore, fn generally exceeds E(rn)
• The excess of fn over E(rn) is the liquidity premium
• The yield curve has an upward bias built into the long-term rates because of the liquidity premium
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Figure 15.4 Yield Curves - A
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Figure 15.4 Yield Curves - B
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Figure 15.4 Yield Curves - C
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Figure 15.4 Yield Curves - D
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Yield Curves
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Yield Curves (cont.)
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Interpreting the Term Structure
• The yield curve reflects expectations of future interest rates.
• The forecasts of future rates are clouded by other factors, such as liquidity premiums.
• An upward sloping curve could indicate:
– Rates are expected to rise
– And/or
– Investors require large liquidity premiums to hold
long term bonds.
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Interpreting the Term Structure
• The yield curve is a good predictor of the business cycle.
– Long term rates tend to rise in anticipation of
economic expansion.
– Inverted yield curve may indicate that interest
rates are expected to fall and signal a
recession.
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Figure 15.6 Term Spread: Yields on 10-year vs. 90-day Treasury Securities
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Forward Rates as Forward Contracts
• In general, forward rates will not equal the eventually realized short rate
– Still an important consideration when trying
to make decisions:
• Locking in loan rates
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Figure 15.7 Engineering a Synthetic Forward Loan
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