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Quantum Electronics enters into a two-year $20 million notional principal interest rate swap in which it promises to pay a fixed rate and receive payments at LIBOR. The payments are made every six months based on the assumption of 30 days per month and 360 days in a year. The term structure of LIBOR interest rates is given as follows:

What should the fixed rate be?

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HDave Make sure to convert annual LIBOR% to 1.5 yrs and 2 yrs rate!!
aravinda 0.0975 is the annualized rate...so to get the fixed payments you got to convert it back....

or just take the 'non-annualized rate" of 0.04875 and multiply it by 20 million
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