Question

Citibank need to borrow $1 million for 6 months starting in 2 years. Citibank is concerned about the interest rate would like to lock in the interest rate it pays by going long an FRA with Bank of America. The FRA specifies that Citibank will borrow at a fixed rate of 0.04 for 6 months on $1 million in 2 years. If the 6 months LIBOR rate proves to be 0.01. Then to settle the FRA, what is the cash flow to Citibank at the end of 2 years

Answer 1

Answer:

"$ 15,000" is the correct solution.

Explanation:

The given values are:

Agreed fixed rate,

= 0.04

LIBOR rate,

= 0.01

No. of borrowing months,

= 6

National amount,

= 1000000

Now,

The net payment will be:

= $National \ principal*(Floating \ rate - Fixed \ rate)\times \frac{No. \ of \ months}{12}$

On substituting the above values, we get

= $1000000\times (0.01-0.4)\times \frac{6}{12}$

= $1000000\times (-0.03)\times 0.5$

= $-15,000$ ($)