Use the Zero-Coupon Bond Prices Given in the Following Table

question 2

Multiple Choice

Use the zero-coupon bond prices given in the following table to answer the questions that follow.
-Consider a newly issued three-year swap receiving floating paying fixed with principal $10 million dollars,paying the one-year swap rate yearly,and receiving the one-year floating spot rate yearly.What is the swap rate?

• A) 0.02303
• B) 0.03254
• C) 0.03623
• D) 0.04207
• E) 0.05135

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