Once a Fixed-Floating Interest Rate Swap Agreement Has Been Negotiated

question 60

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Once a fixed-floating interest rate swap agreement has been negotiated under no-arbitrage conditions, both parties to the swap agreement know with certainty the exact amount of their respective cash flows.

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Definitions:

Capitalism

An economic system in which factors of trade and production are controlled by private owners rather than by the state.

Socialism

A collective form of government in which the means of production and the distribution of production are owned collectively by the community as a whole.

Communism

A political system characterized by collective ownership of the factors of production and allocation of goods and services to workers according to their needs, argue for revolutionary means to establish a communal society.

Mercantilism

An economic theory that emphasizes the importance of stockpiling precious metals and exporting more than importing to boost a nation's wealth and power.