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Assume that the 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, and 30 year rates were 2%, 2.5%, 3%, 3.4%, 4.2%, 5.0%, and 5.8%, respectively. What type

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Option B is correct

Normal

As with increasing maturity, interest rate is increasing so it is a normal curve.

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