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Suppose that you purchased a A rated $5000 annual coupon bond with an 6.8% coupon rate and a 18-year maturity at par value. The current rate on 18-year US treasuries is 3%. Two years later, you look in the newspaper, and find that the yield on comparable debt is 7.223%, how much is the bond currently worth?
| Computation Of Bond Price | ||
| a | Annual Coupon Amount | $ 340.00 | 
| b | Present Value Annuity Factor for (16 Years,7.223%) | 9.308641 | 
| c | Present Value Of Annual Interest (a*b) | $ 3,164.94 | 
| d | Redemption Value | $ 5,000.00 | 
| e | Present Value Of (16 Years,7.223%) | 0.32764 | 
| g | Present Value Of Redemption Amount (d*e) | $ 1,638.18 | 
| f | Bond price(c+g) | $ 4,803.12 |