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Problem 329 of 333EasyStochastic CalculusP329
Reading Z off a rate-decision market
The central bank meets tomorrow and will cut, hold or hike. Your model gives real-world probabilities , and . Digital contracts paying $1 in exactly one outcome trade at 0.30 (cut), 0.45 (hold) and 0.25 (hike). Rates are zero over one day.
(a) Find the risk-neutral probabilities and in each outcome. Check that .
(b) A position pays on a cut, on a hold and on a hike. Price it using , and find its real expected payoff.
(c) Which outcome does the market treat as the bad state, and how can you tell from ?
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