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Copyright © 2000 Addison Wesley Longman Slide #5-1
Chapter Five
THE RISK AND TERM STRUCTURE OF INTEREST
RATES
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Risk Structure of Long Bonds in the United States
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Increase in Default Risk on Corporate Bonds
default
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Analysis of Figure 2: Increase in Default on Corporate Bonds
Corporate Bond Market1. RETe on corporate bonds , Dc , Dc shifts left2. Risk of corporate bonds , Dc , Dc shifts left3. Pc , ic
Treasury Bond Market4. Relative RETe on Treasury bonds , DT , DT shifts right5. Relative risk of Treasury bonds , DT , DT shifts right6. PT , iT
Outcome: Risk premium, ic - iT, rises
Question : What happened to this spread when 1987 stock
market crashed?
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Bond Ratings
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Decrease in Liquidity of Corporate Bonds
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Analysis of Figure 3: Corporate Bond Becomes Less Liquid
Corporate Bond Market1. Liquidity of corporate bonds , Dc , Dc shifts left2. Pc , ic
Treasury Bond Market1. Relatively more liquid Treasury bonds, DT , DT shifts
right2. PT , iT
Outcome: Risk premium, ic - iT, rises
Risk premium reflects not only corporate bonds' default risk but also lower liquidity
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Tax Advantages of Municipal Bonds
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Analysis of Figure 4: Tax Advantages of Municipal Bonds
Municipal Bond Market1. Tax exemption raises relative RETe on municipal bonds,
Dm , Dm shifts right
2. , im
Treasury Bond Market1. Relative RETe on Treasury bonds , DT , DT shifts left
2. PT , iT
Outcome: im < iT
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Term Structure Facts to Be Explained
1. Interest rates for different maturities move together
2. Yield curves tend to have steep upward slope when short rates are low, and downward slope when short rates are high
3. Yield curve is typically upward sloping
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Three Theories of Term Structure
1. Pure Expectations Theory
2. Market Segmentation Theory
3. Liquidity Premium TheoryA. Pure Expectations Theory explains 1 and 2, but not 3.
B. Market Segmentation Theory explains 3, but not 1 and 2
C. Solution: Combine features of both Pure Expectations Theory and Market Segmentation Theory to get Liquidity Premium Theory and explain all facts
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Interest Rates on Different Maturity Bonds Move Together
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Yield Curves
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Pure Expectations Theory
Key Assumption:Bonds of different maturities are perfect substitutes
Implication: RETe on bonds of differentmaturities are equal
Investment strategies for two-period horizon 1. Buy $1 of one-year bond and when matures buy
another one-year bond
2. Buy $1 of two-year bond and hold it
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Pure Expectations Theory
Expected return from strategy 2
Since (i2t)2 is extremely small, expected return is approximately 2(i2t)
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Pure Expectations Theory
Expected return from strategy 1
Since it(iet+1) is also extremely small, expected return is approximately
it + iet+1
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Pure Expectations Theory
From implication above expected returns of two strategies are equal: Therefore
2(i2t) = it + iet+1
Solving for i2t
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More generally for n-period bond:
In words: Interest rate on long bond = average of short rates expected to occur over life of long bond
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More generally for n-period bond:
Numerical example:One-year interest rate over the next five years 5%,
6%, 7%, 8% and 9%,
Interest rate on two-year bond:(5% + 6%)/2 = 5.5%
Interest rate for five-year bond:(5% + 6% + 7% + 8% + 9%)/5 = 7%
Interest rate for one to five year bonds: 5%, 5.5%, 6%, 6.5% and 7%.
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Pure Expectations Theory and Term Structure Facts
Explains why yield curve has different slopes: 1. When short rates expected to rise in future, average
of future short rates = int is above today's short rate: therefore yield curve is upward sloping
2. When short rates expected to stay same in future, average of future short rates same as today's, and yield curve is flat
3. Only when short rates expected to fall will yield curve be downward sloping
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Pure Expectations Theory and Term Structure Facts
Pure Expectations Theory explains Fact 1 that short and long rates move together
1. Short rate rises are persistent
2. If it today, iet+1, iet+2 etc. average of future rates int
3.Therefore: it int , i.e., short and long rates move together
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Pure Expectations Theory and Term Structure Facts
Explains Fact 2 that yield curves tend to have upward slope when short rates are low and downward slope when short rates are high
1. When short rates are low, they are expected to rise to normal level, and long rate = average of future short rates will be well above today's short rate: yield curve will have steep upward slope
2. When short rates are high, they will be expected to fall in future, and long rate will be below current short rate: yield curve will have downward slope
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Pure Expectations Theory and Term Structure Facts
Doesn't explain Fact 3 that yield curve usually has upward slope
Short rates as likely to fall in future as rise, so average of expected future short rates will not usually be higher than current short rate: therefore, yield curve will not usually slope upward
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Market Segmentation TheoryKey Assumption: Bonds of different maturities are
not substitutes at all
Implication: Markets are completely segmented:interest rate at each maturitydetermined separately
Explains Fact 3 that yield curve is usually upward slopingPeople typically prefer short holding periods and thus have higher
demand for short-term bonds, which have higher prices and lower interest rates than long bonds
Does not explain Fact 1 or Fact 2 because assumes long and short rates determined independently
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Liquidity Premium Theory
Key Assumption: Bonds of different maturities aresubstitutes, but are not perfectsubstitutes
Implication: Modifies Pure Expectations Theory
with features of MarketSegmentation Theory
Investors prefer short rather than long bonds must be paid positive liquidity premium, lnt, to hold long term bonds
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Liquidity Premium Theory
Results in following modification of Pure Expectations Theory
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Relationship Between the Liquidity Premium and Pure Expectations Theory
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Numerical Example:
1. One-year interest rate over the next five years:5%, 6%, 7%, 8% and 9%
2. Investors' preferences for holding short-term bonds so liquidity premium for one to five-year bonds: 0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and 1.0%.
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Numerical Example:
Interest rate on the two-year bond:0.25% + (5% + 6%)/2 = 5.75%
Interest rate on the five-year bond:1.0% + (5% + 6% + 7% + 8% + 9%)/5 = 8%
Interest rates on one to five-year bonds: 5%, 5.75%, 6.5%, 7.25% and 8%
Comparing with those for the pure expectations theory, liquidity premium theory produces yield curves more steeply upward sloped
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Liquidity Premium Theory: Term Structure Facts
Explains all 3 FactsExplains Fact 3 of usual upward sloped yield
curve by liquidity premium for long-term bonds
Explains Fact 1 and Fact 2 using same explanations as pure expectations theory because it has average of future short rates as determinant of long rate
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Market Predictions
of Future Short Rates
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Interpreting Yield Curves
1980-99
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Forecasting Interest Rates with the Term Structure
Pure Expectations Theory: Invest in 1-period bonds or in two-period bond
(1+it)(1+iet+1) - 1 = (1+i2t)(1+i2t) - 1
Solve for forward rate, iet+1
iet+1 = [(1+i2t)2/(1+it)] - 1 (4)
Numerical example: i1t = 5%, i2t = 5.5% iet+1 = [(1+.055)2/(1+.05)] -1 = .06 = 6%
Spot rate 如 it,i2t
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Forecasting Interest Rates with the Term Structure
Compare 3-year bond vs 3 one-year bonds
(1+it)(1+iet+1)(1+iet+2) - 1 =
(1+i3t)(1+i3t)(1+i3t) -1
Using iet+1 derived in (4), solve for iet+2,
iet+2 = (1+i3t)3/(1+i2t)2 - 1
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Forecasting Interest Rates with the Term Structure
Generalize to:iet+n = (1+in+1t)n+1/(1+int)n - 1 (5)
Liquidity Premium Theory: int - lnt = same as pure expectations theory; replace int by int - lnt in (5) to get adjusted forward-rate forecast
iet+n = [(1+in+1t- ln+1t)n+1/(1+int - lnt)n] - 1 (6)
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Forecasting Interest Rates with the Term Structure
Numerical Example: l2t=0.25%, l1t=0, i1t=5%, i2t = 5.75%.
iet+1 = [(1+.0575-.0025)2/(1+.05)] - 1
= .06 = 6%
Example: 1-year loan next year: T-bond + 1%, l2t = .4%, i1t = 6%, i2t = 7%
iet+1 = [(1+.07-.004)2/(1+.06)] - 1
= .072 = 7.2%
Loan rate must be > 8.2%