Refer to the given information. If the price of this bond falls by $200, the interest rate will:

Answer the question on the basis of the following information for a bond having no expiration
date: bond price = $1,000; bond fixed annual interest payment = $100; bond annual interest
rate = 10 percent.

A. rise by 2.5 percentage points.
B. rise by 5 percentage points.
C. fall by 2.5 percentage points.
D. fall by 5 percentage points.


A. rise by 2.5 percentage points.

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