If You Own a $1,000 Face Value Bond with One

question 128

Multiple Choice

If you own a $1,000 face value bond with one year remaining to maturity and a five percent coupon rate and new bonds are paying 12 percent, what is the most you can get for your old bond?

• A)$1,120
• B)$1,000
• C)$937.50
• D)impossible to determine without additional information

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Definitions:

Current Account Deficit

When a country's total imports of goods, services, and transfers exceed its total exports.

Foreigners

Individuals or entities from one country who are living in, conducting business, or present in another country.

Assets

Resources owned by an individual or business that have value and can be used to meet debts, commitments, or legacies.

Net Creditor Nation

A country that has lent more money to other countries than it has borrowed from them.