Economics Question

I’m studying for my Economics class and don’t understand how to answer this. Can you help me study?

Pls follow the requirement and finish the assignment.

Question 1:

Term Structure of Interest Rates: Go to http://www.yieldcurve.com on the left hand side click on Yield Curves.

This web site allows you to plot the yield curves for UK Gilts and US Treasuries for different periods.

• List the three facts about the term structure of interest rates
• Select a period and print a plot of an upward yield curve. Make comments using the theories you studied about the term structure of interest rates.
• Select another period and print a plot of an inverted yield curve and make comments using the theories you studied about the term structure of interest rates.
• Compare, generally, between the UK Gilt and the US treasury yield curves in 2. And 3 citing the power of prediction of the theories of term structure of interest rates in predicting the 2008/2009 financial crisis.

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