An insurance company is analyzing the following three bonds, each with five years to maturity, annual coupon payments, and duration as the measure of interest rate risk.

What is the duration of each of the three bonds?

Duration of the Bond
a. $10,000 par value, coupon rate = 8.5%, rb = 0.15 years
b. $10,000 par value, coupon rate = 10.5%, rb = 0.15
c. $10,000 par value, coupon rate = 12.5%, rb = 0.15

The federal reserve's organization while all members of the federal reserve board of governors vote at federal open market committee (fomc) meetings, only of the regional bank presidents are members of the fomc. the federal reserve's role as a lender of last resort involves lending to which of the following financially troubled institutions? u.s. banks that cannot borrow elsewhere governments in developing countries during currency crises u.s. state governments when they run short on tax revenues the federal reserve's primary tool for changing the money supply is . in order to decrease the number of dollars in the u.s. economy (the money supply), the federal reserve will government bonds.

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