TBILL_PRICE Function
Evaluates the price per $100 face value of a Treasury bill.
Usage
result = TBILL_PRICE(settlement, maturity, discount_rate)
Input Parameters
settlement—The date on which payment is made to settle a trade. For a more detailed discussion on dates see Chapter 8, Working with Date/Time Data in the .
maturity—The date on which the bond comes due, and principal and accrued interest are paid. For a more detailed discussion on dates see Chapter 8, Working with Date/Time Data in the .
discount_rate—The interest rate implied when a security is sold for less than its value at maturity in lieu of interest payments.
Returned Value
result—The price per $100 face value of a Treasury bill. If no result can be computed, NaN is returned.
Input Keywords
Double—If present and nonzero, double precision is used.
Discussion
Function TBILL_PRICE computes the price per $100 face value for a Treasury bill.
It is computed using the following:
In the equation above, DSM represents the number of days in the period starting with the settlement date and ending with the maturity date (any maturity date that is more than one calendar year after the settlement date is excluded).
Example
In this example, TBILL_PRICE computes the price for a Treasury bill with the settlement date of July 1, 2000, the maturity date of July 1, 2001, and a discount rate of 5% at the issue date.
settlement = VAR_TO_DT(2000, 7, 1)
maturity = VAR_TO_DT(2001, 7, 1)
discount = .05
PRINT, TBILL_PRICE(settlement, maturity, discount)
; PV-WAVE prints: 94.9306
