Term Structure of Interest Rates: Ch.8, App.8B pp.227-233, and Ch.9 Appx 9A 1. Interest Rates. What are Interest Rates? Determinants of Interest Rates. Reinvestment risk, price risk. a. Interest rates: cost of borrowing or the price paid for the rental of funds (% per year) b. Determinates of interest rates: Supply and Demand of funds i. Supply: household supply, foreign supply, fed policy ii. Demand: household demand, business demand, govt demand iii. If D > S, in interest rates. iv. If S > D, in interest rates. c. Reinvestment risk: “long-funded”. Risk ROA will Asset maturity < Liab. maturity d. Refinance Risk: “short-funded” 2. Interest Rates and Inflation. Fisher Effect/Equation. e. Fisher equation=1+i=1+r1+expected annual rate of inflation f. Lender gets compensated for: v. Rental of