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The following table summarizes yields to maturity on several 1-year, zero-coupon securities:
Security  | Yield  | 
Treasury  | %  | 
AAA Corporate  | %  | 
BBB Corporate  | %  | 
B Corporate  | %  | 
a. What is the price (expressed as a percentage of the face value) of a 1-year, zero-coupon corporate bond with a AAA-rating and a face value of
?
b. What is the credit spread on AAA-rated corporate bonds?
c. What is the credit spread on B-rated corporate bonds?
d.How does the credit spread change with the bond rating? Why?
Note:
Assume annual compounding.