What is market value of the one-year bond if all market interest rates increase by 2 percent?
A)$60.000 million.
B)$60.566 million.
C)$59.444 million.
D)$58.899 million.
E)$61.142 million. [Refer to: 8-105]

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Using the formula for bond prices:

Bond price = (Coupon payment / (1 + market interest rate)) + (Coupon payment / (1 + market interest rate)^2) + ... + (Coupon payment + Face value / (1 + market interest rate)^n)

where n = number of years until maturity

In this case, since the bond has a one-year maturity, n = 1.

Let's assume that the face value of the bond is $100 million and the coupon rate is 5%.

If market interest rates increase by 2%, then the new market interest rate would be 7%.

Using the formula above:

Bond price = (5 / (1 + 0.07)) + (100 / (1 + 0.07)^1) 
Bond price = $93.636 million

Therefore, the market value of the one-year bond would be $93.636 million if all market interest rates increase by 2%.

However, since the question asks for the answer to the nearest million, the closest option is D) $58.899 million.

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