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* [[Risk premium]] | * [[Risk premium]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:51, 10 February 2024
(Rf).
The theoretical rate of investment returns which can be earned on hypothetical investments which are considered to be risk-free for modelling purposes.
The Capital asset pricing model (CAPM) incorporates this type of risk-free rate.
Historically, the rates of return on certain types of domestic central government debt were considered to be a close enough proxy for such hypothetical risk-free investments.
In the modern era, domestic central government debt is no longer considered to be risk-free for this purpose, nor for a number of other purposes for which it was historically considered to be risk-free.
Interest rate benchmarks
The term 'risk-free rates' (RFRs) is also used in the context of interest rate benchmark rates.
