Exhibit 23.7 Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)

question 31

Multiple Choice

Exhibit 23.7
Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)
The WallMal Company has entered into a 4-year interest rate swap, with semiannual settlement, to pay a fixed rate of 8% per year and receive 6-month LIBOR. The notional principal is $50,000,000.
-Refer to Exhibit 23.7.Assume that one year after the swap was initiated the fixed rate on a new 3-year receive fixed pay floating LIBOR swap has risen to 9% per year,calculate the market value of the 8% fixed rate bond based on $100 face value.Settlement is on a semiannual basis.

• A) $76.45
• B) $101.24
• C) $100.0
• D) $97.42
• E) $70.77