The Maryland Department of Transportation has issued 25-year bonds that make semiannual coupon payments at a rate of 9.925 percent. The current market rate for similar securities is 10.6 percent. Assume that the face value of the bond is $1,000.
(a) What is the current market value of one of these bonds? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.25 and final answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
Current market value $
(b) What will be the bond’s price if rates in the market (i) decrease to 8.60 percent or (ii) increase to 11.6 percent? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.25 and final answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
Bond's price
(i) Decrease to 8.60 percent $
(ii) Increase to 11.6 percent $
(c) How do the interest rate changes affect premium bonds and discount bonds?
Bonds, in general, increasedecrease in price when interest rates go up. When interest rates decrease, bond prices decreaseincrease.
(d) Suppose the bond were to mature in 12 years. What will be the bond’s price if rates in the market (i) decrease to 8.60 percent or (ii) increase to 11.6 percent? (Round intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places, e.g. 1.25 and final answers to 2 decimal places, e.g. 15.25.)
(i) Bond's price if rate decrease to 8.60 percent $
(ii) Bond's price if rate increase to 11.6 percent $