Coupon bond interest rates
A coupon rate is the yield paid by a fixed-income security; a fixed-income security's coupon rate is simply just the annual coupon payments paid by the issuer relative to the bond's face or par A zero-coupon bond is a bond without coupons, and its coupon rate is 0%. The issuer only pays an amount equal to the face value of the bond at the maturity date. Instead of paying interest, the issuer sells the bond at a price less than the face value at any time before the maturity date. The coupon rate of a bond can be calculated by dividing the sum of the annual coupon payments by the par value of the bond and multiplied by 100%. Therefore, the rate of a bond can also be seen as the amount of interest paid per year as a percentage of the face value or par value of the bond.