A bbb-rated corporate bond has a yield to maturity of 13.4 %. a u. s. treasury security has a yield to maturity of 11.8 %. these yields are quoted as aprs with semiannual compounding. both bonds pay semi-annual coupons at a rate of 12.0 % and have five years to maturity. a. what is the price (expressed as a percentage of the face value) of the treasury bond? b. what is the price (expressed as a percentage of the face value) of the bbb-rated corporate bond? c. what is the credit spread on the bbb bonds?

The price of trade suppose that portugal and sweden both produce rye and wine. portugal's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 4 bushels of rye while sweden's opportunity cost of producing a bottle of wine is 10 bushels of rye. by comparing the opportunity cost of producing wine in the two countries, you can tell thatportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of wine. andportugal/sweden has a comparative advantage in the production of rye. suppose that portugal and sweden consider trading wine and rye with each other. portugal can gain from specialization and trade as long as it receives more rye for each bottle of wine it exports to sweden. similarly, sweden can gain from trade as long as it receives more bottles of wine for each bushel of rye it exports to portugal. based on your answer to the last question, which of the following prices of trade (that is, price of wine in terms of rye) would allow both sweden and portugal to gain from trade? a. 1 bushels of rye per bottle of wineb. 8 bushels of rye per bottle of winec. 9 bushels of rye per bottle of wined. 3 bushels of rye per bottle of wine