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Suppose That You Read in the Wall Street Journal That

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Suppose that you read in The Wall Street Journal that a bond has a coupon rate of 9 percent,a price of 71 3/8,and pays interest annually.Rounded to the nearest whole percent,what would be the bond's "current" yield?


A) 11%
B) 13%
C) 15%
D) 17%
E) 20%

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