ACT 2300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Zero-Coupon Bond, Capital Good, Real Interest Rate

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21 Jul 2017
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Based on the concept that paid to you one year from now is less valuable than paid to you today. The interest rate is higher n is higher. Having now allows you to save and earn interest. Waiting reduces the amount you can borrow against the future payment. The lender provides the borrower with an amount of funds that the borrower must repay by making coupon payments. Pays the owner of the bond a fixed interest payment (coupon) every year until the maturity date, when a specified final amount (face value) is repaid. Corporation or government agency that that issues the bond. Coupon rate - the dollar amount of the yearly coupon payment expressed as a percentage of the face value of the bond. If the price of a coupon bond is below it"s face value: The yield to maturity is greater than the coupon rate. If the price of a coupon bond is above it"s face value:

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