At your favorite bond store, Bonds-R-Us, you see the following prices: One-year $100 zero selling for $90.19

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At your favorite bond store, Bonds-R-Us, you see the following prices:
One-year $100 zero selling for $90.19
Three-year 10% coupon $1,000 par bond selling for $1,000
Two-year 10% coupon $1,000 par bond selling for $1,000
Assume that the expectations theory for the term structure of interest rates holds, no liquidity premium exists, and the bonds are equally risky. What is the implied one-year rate two years from now?

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A coupon or coupon payment is the annual interest rate paid on a bond, expressed as a percentage of the face value and paid from issue date until maturity. Coupons are usually referred to in terms of the coupon rate (the sum of coupons paid in a...
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Financial Markets And Institutions

ISBN: 978-0132136839

7th Edition

Authors: Frederic S. Mishkin, Stanley G. Eakins

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