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Price risk (Option d is correct)
Price risk is the risk that bond prices changes with changes in the interest rates in the future. If interest rates increases, the bond prices falls resulting in the losses for the bond holders and if the interest rates decreases, the bond prices increases resulting in the gains for bond holders.
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