Chapter 5: Q.1 (page 165)
Go to the St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED database, and find data on net worth of households and nonprofits (HNONWRQ027S) and the year U.S. Treasury bond (GS). For the net worth indicator, adjust the units setting to “Percent Change from Year Ago,” and for the -year bond, adjust the frequency setting to “Quarterly.”
a. What is the percent change in net worth over the most recent year of data available? All else being equal, what do you expect should happen to the price and yield on the -year Treasury bond? Why?
b. What is the change in yield on the -year Treasury bond over the last year of data available? Is this result consistent with your answer to part (a)? Briefly explain.
Short Answer
a) The bond's price will rise and the yield of the bond will decrease.
b) The yield has decreased, which is consistent with the preceding part's statement.