Interest-Rate Swaps Are

question 85

Multiple Choice

Interest-rate swaps are:

• A) exchanges of equity securities for debt securities.
• B) agreements between two parties to exchange periodic interest-rate payments over some future period.
• C) agreements involving swapping of option contracts.
• D) agreements that allow both parties to convert floating interest rates to fixed interest rates.

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Definitions:

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