Problem $3-40($LG $3-4,$ LG $3-6)$

MLK Bank has an asset portfolio that consists of $$240$ million of $15-$year, $9$ percent annual coupon, $$1,000$ bonds that sell at par.

a$-1.$ What will be the bonds' new prices if market yields change immediately by $+-0\mathrm{.}10$ percent?

a$-2.$ What will be the new prices if market yields change immediately by $+-2\mathrm{.}00$ percent?

b$-1.$ The duration of these bonds is $8\mathrm{.}7862$ years. What are the predicted bond prices in each of the four cases using the duration rule?

b$-2.$ What is the amount of error between the duration prediction and the actual market values?

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What will be the bonds' new prices if market yields change immediately by $+-0\mathrm{.}10$ percent? $($Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter all answers as positive numbers. Round your answers to $2$ decimal places. $($e$.$g$.,32\mathrm{.}16))$

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