Use a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal to determine how short-term interest rates have changed over the last year (assess the Treasury yield for a three-month maturity based on the yield curve shown for today versus the yield curve shown for a year ago). The three-month Treasury bill rate at the present time and one year ago are quoted in the Money & Investing section of the Journal.

Discuss whether the interest rate movement would have had a favorable impact on a firm that initiated a fixed-for-floating swap agreement one year ago.