问题如下:
The six-month and one-year zero rates are 3% and 4% (both compounded semi-annually) and a 1.5-year bond paying a coupon of 4% per annum semi-annually has a yield of 5%. What is the 1.5-year zero-coupon interest rate?
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解释:
The price of the 1.5-year bond with a face value of 100 is:
If the 1.5-year zero rate is R we must have:
The solution to this equation is R = 0.05027. The 1.5-year zero rate is therefore 5.027%.
答案里第二计算R的公式 分子用coupon=2,求1.5year的zero coupon rate不是期间没有现金流吗?为什么还用copon=2还求呢?