A corporation has issued a $13 million issue of floating-rate bonds on which it pays an interest rate 0.5% over the SOFR rate. The bonds are selling at par value. The firm is worried that rates are about to rise, and it would like to lock in a fixed interest rate on its borrowings. Dealers in the swap market are offering swaps of SOFR for 8%. A swap position converts the firm's borrowings to a synthetic fixed-rate loan. What interest rate will it pay on that synthetic fixed-rate loan?

The time from acceptance to maturity on a $1,000,000 banker's acceptance is 120 days. The importer's bank's acceptance commission is 1.75 percent and the market rate for 120-day B/As is 5.75 percent. What amount will the exporter receive if he holds the B/A until maturity? If he discounts the B/A with the importer's bank? Also determine the bond equivalent yield the importer's bank will earn from discounting the B/A with the exporter. If the exporter's opportunity cost of capital is 11 percent, should he discount the B/A or hold it to maturity? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round "Maturity value" to 2 decimal places. Round "Bond equivalent yield" as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Amount the exporter will receive at maturity Amount the exporter will receive if discounted Bond equivalent yield Should he discount the B/A or hold it to maturity? Discount the B/A %

Even though most corporate bonds in the United States make coupon payments semiannually, bonds issued elsewhere often have annual coupon payments. Suppose a German company issues a bond with a par value of €1,000, 10 years to maturity, and a coupon rate of 8.7 percent paid annually. If the YTM is 10.7 percent, what is the current bond price in euros? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. Current bond price

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New Hampshire Corp. has decided to issue three-year bonds denominated in 10 million Chinese yuan at par. The bonds have a coupon rate of 14 percent. If the yuan is expected to appreciate from its current level of $0.15 to $0.156, $0.164, and $0.173 in years 1, 2, and 3, respectively, what is the financing cost of these bonds?​

Suppose the Federal Reserve sells a $3000 bond, and the reserve ratio maintained by all private banks is 20%.  Assume that all loans are fully redeposited (zero “cash drains”) and that all deposits are checkable deposits. Determine the effect of the bond sale on total loans and deposits in the private banks. Explain in detail how these changes would occur. Illustrate the total result of the effects in part (1) using balance sheets for the consolidated private banks and the Federal Reserve, respectively. Discuss how the effects in part (1) would be different if: (i) the reserve ratio was 25% instead of 20%; (ii) a certain portion of loans were held as cash outside banks instead of being redeposited in the banks.