Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets, The, Business School Edition (5th Edition) (What's New in Economics)
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Chapter 4, Problem 17AP
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The yield to maturity of bonds when commercial bank wants to buy Treasury bills and these instruments pay $5000 in one year and current selling is for $5012 and to explain if this is a typical situation

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Yield to Maturity − When an investor buys a bond at the market price, the overall interest rate or the Internal rate of return that the investor earns with the assumption that till maturity the bond will be held and all payments (the coupon as well as principal) will be done on time, is referred to as Yield to Maturity.

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