Your Firm Is Faced with Paying a Variable Rate Debt

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Essay

Your firm is faced with paying a variable rate debt obligation with the expectation that interest rates are likely to go up. Identify two strategies using interest rate futures and interest rate swaps that could reduce the risk to the firm.

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Definitions:

Unit Price

The cost assigned to a single unit of a product or service, which helps consumers compare prices and make purchasing decisions.

LIFO Inventory Method

An inventory costing method that assumes the last items put into inventory are the first ones taken out, used in calculating cost of goods sold.

Gross Profit

The difference between total sales revenue and the cost of goods sold, before deducting overheads, salaries, and other expenses.

Raw Materials Inventories

Represents the stock of basic inputs that have not yet been used in the manufacturing process.