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Everything else being equal, which of the following would increase nominal interest rates? 

One-year government bonds yield 4 percent and 3-year government bonds yield 5 percent.  Assume that the expectations theory holds.  What does the market believe the rate on 2-year government bonds will be one year from today?

You recently received a letter from Cut-to-the-Chase National Bank that  offers you a new credit card that has no annual fee.  It states that the annual  percentage rate (APR) is 17.1 percent on outstanding balances. What is  the effective annual interest rate?  (Hint:  Remember these companies  bill you monthly.)

Assume the Treasury yield curve is downward sloping. This implies that

You observe the following yield curve for Treasury securities: Maturity             Yield 1 Year                1.00% 2 Years              2.00% 3 Years              2.60% 4 Years              3.00% 5 Years              4.70% Assume that the pure expectations hypothesis holds.  What does the market expect will be  the yield on 4-year securities, 1 year from today?

Which term refers to the milk teeth of humans and other mammals?

The Howe family recently bought a house.  The house has a 15-year,  $249,865.00 mortgage with monthly payments and a nominal interest rate of 3.8 percent.  What is the total dollar amount of principal the family will pay  during the first 4 years of their mortgage?  (Assume that all  payments are made at the end of the month.)

One-year Treasury securities yield 2.3 percent, 2-year Treasury securities yield 1.5 percent, and 3-year Treasury securities yield 2.6 percent. Assume that the expectations theory holds.  What does the market expect will be the yield on 1-year Treasury securities two years from now?

Which is NOT true of new world monkeys?

What is the present value of a 18-year ordinary annuity with annual  payments of $1,538, evaluated at a 11.6 percent interest rate?