Value a 15 Year Swap, with Swap Rate 5

question 7

Essay

Value a 1.5 year swap, with swap rate 5.52%. Notional is 100 million. Use the following discount factors. You are told that this is a swap at initiation. Is the value accurate? Be sure to take into account any payment frequency conventions on the swap.

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Definitions:

Fed's Legal Reserve Requirements

The minimum reserves each bank must hold to customer deposits and notes, as mandated by the Federal Reserve.

Reserve Requirement

The amount of funds that a bank must hold in reserve against deposits made by its customers, a regulatory measure to ensure banks can meet withdrawal demands.

Deposit Multiplier

The ratio that measures the potential impact of a change in banking reserves on the money supply, indicating how much money banks can create with each dollar of reserves.

Fed Funds Rate

The interest rate at which depository institutions lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight, a vital monetary policy tool used by the Federal Reserve.