41. Nippon Credit Bank's debentures were offered last month for a 2 . 15 percent coupon rate . 42. The company also sold 20 billion yen in five-year bonds with a 1.85 percent coupon rate . 43. Traders were generally pleased with the 14 . 375 percent coupon rate fetched by the auction. 44. ;Interest rate risk : A secondary effect is that amortization reduces the maturity and coupon rate . 45. If prices rise now, the coupon rate could be driven down to 2 . 7 percent. 46. The ministry, however, asked securities companies today to recommend a coupon rate for the new bond. 47. The coupon rate on the bonds will be about 5 to 6 percent, the paper said. 48. Oil Bonds are issued with varying maturity periods and has a coupon rate associated with it. 49. Zero-coupon bonds are those that pay no coupons and thus have a coupon rate of 0 %. 50. The coupon rate was 5 . 625 percent, priced 85 basis point above comparable Austrian government bonds.