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A bank is considering two securities: a 30-year Treasury bond yielding 6 percent and a 30-year municipal bond yielding 5 percent.
a. If the bank's tax rate is 40 percent, calculate the Treasury bond's after-tax yield. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places. (e.g., 32.12))
After-tax yield _________ %
b. Which bond offers the higher after-tax yield?
Municipal bond
Treasury bond
a) Computation of Treasury Bond's After-tax Yield:
After-tax Yield = 6% * (1 - 0.40) = 3.60%
b) The 30 year municipal bond offers the better deal since its yield is 5% and the municipal bond after tax yield is 3.60% which is less than the yield of municipal bond.
