ECON-3076EL Lecture 10: Chapter 5 Notes

18 views19 pages

Document Summary

Chapter 5: the behaviour of interest rates (bond market and money market) All assets are stores of value, only Suppose a (cid:1005)-(cid:455)ea(cid:396) t-(cid:271)ill (cid:894)dis(cid:272)ount (cid:271)ond(cid:895) (cid:449)ith a fa(cid:272)e (cid:448)alue (cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) is (cid:272)u(cid:396)(cid:396)entl(cid:455) p(cid:396)i(cid:272)ed at (cid:1004). If (cid:455)ou (cid:271)u(cid:455) it and hold it fo(cid:396) (cid:1005)-(cid:455)ea(cid:396), then (cid:455)ou(cid:396) e(cid:454)pe(cid:272)ted (cid:396)etu(cid:396)n i is e(cid:395)ual the (cid:271)ond"s ytm. Pf i = rete = p retur(cid:374) i is i(cid:374)(cid:448)ersely related to price p. The bonds market (1-year t-bill: quantity of 1-year discount bonds demanded (by lenders) Risk: bond price (-) or expected return (+) B: quantity of 1-year discount bonds supplied (by borrowers) lity of. Profitabi: bond price (+) or (expected return) (-) Consider the dd for a 1-year discount bond with a face value of that is currently selling for p. if held to maturity, the expected return is the bond. Lower the bond price (higher is the return), the greater the quantity demanded of the bond, holding other things unchanged.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents

Related Questions