Consider a bond $($with par value $\backslash (=\backslash$$ $1,000\backslash ))$ paying a coupon rate of $\backslash (9\backslash \%\backslash )$ per year semiannually when the market interest rate is only $\backslash (4\backslash \%\backslash )$ per half$-$year. The bond has three years until maturity.

Required:

a$.$ Find the bond's price today and six months from now after the next coupon is paid.

b$.$ What is the total $(6-$month$)$ rate of return on the bond?

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Find the bond's price today and six months from now after the next coupon is paid.

Note: Round your answers to $2$ decimal places. Consider a bond $($with par value $\backslash (=\backslash$$ $1,000\backslash ))$ paying a coupon rate of $\backslash (9\backslash \%\backslash )$ per year semiannually when the market interest rate is only $\backslash (4\backslash \%\backslash )$ per half$-$year. The bond has three years until maturity.

Required:

a$.$ Find the bond's price today and six months from now after the next coupon is paid.

b$.$ What is the total $(6-$month$)$ rate of return on the bond?

Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below.

What is the total $(6-$month$)$ rate of return on the bond?

Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to the nearest whole percent.

Rate of return