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Union Local School District has a bond outstanding with a coupon rate of 3.7% paid semiannually and 16 years to maturity. The yield to maturity is 3.9% and the bond has a par value of $5,000. What is the price of the bond?
Price of Bond = $4,882 or $4,881.80
The final answer may vary due to rounding off in PV factor
Working
Bonds issue price is calculated by ADDING the: |
Discounted face value of bonds payable at market rate of interest, and |
Discounted Interest payments amount (during the lifetime) at market rate of interest. |
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Annual Rate | Applicable rate | Face Value | $ 5,000 | ||
Market Rate | 3.90% | 1.95% | Term (in years) | 16 | |
Coupon Rate | 3.70% | 1.85% | Total no. of interest payments | 32 |
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Calculation of Issue price of Bond | ||||||||
Bond Face Value | Market Interest rate (applicable for period/term) | |||||||
PV of | $ 5,000 | at | 1.95% | Interest rate for | 32 | term payments | ||
PV of $1 | 0.53902 | |||||||
PV of | $ 5,000 | = | $ 5,000 | x | 0.53902 | = | $ 2,695 | A |
Interest payable per term | at | 1.85% | on | $ 5,000 | ||||
Interest payable per term | $ 93 | |||||||
PVAF of 1$ | for | 1.95% | Interest rate for | 32 | term payments | |||
PVAF of 1$ | 23.63976 | |||||||
PV of Interest payments | = | $ 93 | x | 23.63976 | = | $ 2,187 | B | |
Bond Value (A+B) | $ 4,881.80 |