A Treasury bill is a discount bond issued by the U.S. Treasury.
Suppose that on January 1, 2012, a one-year Treasury bill with
$1000 face value is sold at $970.87. Investors expect that the
inflation rate will be 2% during 2012, but at the end of the year,
the inflation turns out to have been 1%. What is the nominal
interest rate on the bill (measured as the yield to maturity), the
expected real interest rate, and the actual real...