Felix receives a portion of his income from his holdings of interest-bearing U. S. government bonds. The bonds offer a real interest rate of 4.5% per year. The nominal interest rate on the bonds adjusts automatically to account for the inflation rate. The government taxes nominal interest income at a rate of 10%. The following table shows two scenarios: a low-inflation scenario and a high-inflation scenario.
Inflation Rate Real Interest Rate Nominal Interest Rate After-Tax Nominal Interest Rate After-Tax Real Interest Rate
(Percent) (Percent) (Percent) (Percent) (Percent)
2.0 2.5
7.5 2.5
Compared with higher inflation rates a lower inflation will (increase/decrease) the after-tax real interest rate when the government taxes nominal interest income. This tends to (encourage/discourage) saving, thereby (increasing/decreasing) the quantity of investment in the economy and (increasing/decreasing) the economy's long-run growth rate.

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Bonds often pay a coupon twice a year. for the valuation of bonds that make semiannual payments, the number of periods doubles, whereas the amount of cash flow decreases by half. using the values of cash flows and number of periods, the valuation model is adjusted accordingly. assume that a $1,000,000 par value, semiannual coupon us treasury note with three years to maturity has a coupon rate of 3%. the yield to maturity (ytm) of the bond is 7.70%. using this information and ignoring the other costs involved, calculate the value of the treasury note: