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Real risk-free rate of interest is 2%.
Market expects that inflation will 3% each year for the next 5 years.
Average 5% a year following
Maturity risk premium is estimated to be MRPt = 0.1(t - 1)%. In other
Maturity risk premium on a 2 year security is 0.1 %.

10 year corporate bond yields 8.6%.
What is the yield on an 8 year corporate bond that has the same default risk and liquidity as the ten-year bond?

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