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Interest rate risk premium

What is Interest rate risk premium? Briefly explain it.

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Interest rate risk premium: It is the third, and last, component of the term structure has to do with interest rate risk. Longer-term bonds contain much higher risk of loss resultant from modifications in interest rates than do shorter-term bonds. Investors identify this risk, and they demand extra compensation in the form of maximum rates for bearing it. This extra compensation is termed as the interest rate risk premium. The longer the term to maturity, the bigger is the interest rate risk; therefore the interest rate risk premium rises with maturity.

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