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Answer the below questions. (a) Assume that the swap rate for an interest-rate swap is 7% and that the fixed-rate swap payments are made quarterly

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(a) Assume that the swap rate for an interest-rate swap is 7% and that the fixed-rate swap payments are made quarterly on an actual / 360 basis. If the notional amount of a two-year swap is $20 million, what is the fixed-rate payment at the end of each quarter assuming the following number of days in each quarter?

Period Quarter

Days in Quarter

1

92

2

92

3

90

4

91

5

92

6

92

7

90

8

91

(b) Assume that the swap in part (a) requires payments semiannually rather than quarterly. What is the semiannual fixed-rate payment?

(c) Suppose that the notional amount for the two-year swap is not the same in both years. Suppose instead that in year 1 the notional amount is $20 million, but in year 2 the notional amount is $12 million. What is the fixed-rate payment every six months?

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