The commercial banking system, because of a recent change in the required reserve ratio from 8 percent to 10 percent, finds that
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Answer:
D.
Municipal bond because the equivalent taxable yield is 6.6%
Explanation:
we should make the important difference that municipal bonds are tax free while corporate bonds don't.
Therefore we should solve for the after tax rate fo the corporate bond:
The corporate bond as a yield of 4.5% after taxes which is lower than the municipal bond. This make it more attractive
We can also solve for the pre-tax rate of the municipal bond:
the municipal bonds would be equivalent to a 6.6% corporate bonds.
This makes option D correct.