Determining whether to borrow today or postpone borrowing

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A corporate treasurer is considering borrowing funds for 10 years. How can the corporate treasurer use forward rates in determining whether to borrow today or postpone borrowing? Why are "biased" expectation theories of the term structure of interest rates biased?

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