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CHAPTER 4 Interest Rates  Practice Questions Problem 4.8. The cash prices of six-month and one-year Treasury bills are 94.0 and 89.0. A 1.5-year bond that will pay coupons of $4 every six months currently sells for $94.84. A two-year bond that will pay coupons of $5 every six months currently sells for $97.12. Calculate the six-month, one-year, 1.5-year, and two-year zero rates. The 6-month Treasury bill provides a return of in six months. This is per annum with semiannual compounding or per annum with continuous compounding. The 12-month rate is with annual compounding or with contin