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The following table shows the prices of a sample of Narnian Treasury strips in December 2018. Each

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The following table shows the prices of a sample of Narnian Treasury strips in December 2018. Each strip makes a single payment of $1,000 at maturity.

a. Calculate the annually compounded, spot interest rate for each year.

b. Is the term structure upward- or downward-sloping or flat?

c. Would you expect the yield on a coupon bond maturing in December 2023 to be higher or lower than the yield on the 2020 strip?

Maturity .................................. Price (%)
December 2020 ..................... 90.703%
December 2021 ..................... 85.892
December 2022 ..................... 81.491
December 2023 ..................... 77.243


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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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