If You Purchase a 10 Year Bond Today with the Intention

question 161

Multiple Choice

If you purchase a 10 year bond today with the intention of selling it a year from today, you would like the yield to maturity to ____.

• A)equal the coupon rate
• B)not change
• C)increase
• D)decrease

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Definitions:

Population Growth

The increase in the number of individuals in a population over a specific period.

Demographic Transition

The transformation of a population from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates, typically associated with industrial and economic development.

Birthrates

The annual count of live births for every thousand people in a population.

Death Rates

The number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.