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A $2,200 face value corporate bond with a 6.1 percent coupon
(paid semiannually) has 15 years left to maturity. It has had a
credit rating of BBB and a yield to maturity of 6.6 percent. The
firm has recently gotten into some trouble and the rating agency is
downgrading the bonds to BB. The new appropriate discount rate will
be 7.9 percent. What will be the change in the bond’s price in
dollars and percentage terms? (Negative values should be
indicated by a minus sign. Do not round intermediate calculations.
Round your answers to 3 decimal places. (e.g.,
32.161))
Change in Bond's price in dollars
Change in Bond's Price in Percentage