A series of five constant-dollar (or real-dollar) payments (beginning with $5,000 at the end of the first year) are increasing at the rate of 7% per year. Assume that the average general inflation rate is 5% and the market interest rate is 12% during this inflationary period. What is the equivalent present worth of the series? The equivalent present worth is thousand. (Round to one decimal place.)

A dollar invested today at 7.5 percent interest compounded annually will be worth one year from now.

After a 1 year investment you receive 7.5% interest (nominal) from your bank. However, looking at how prices have changed, you soon realize that the real rate of interest was actually 1.6%. How much was inflation during that year? Enter your answer as a percentage, rounded to 2 decimals, and without the percentage sign ('%'). For example, if your answer is 0.02345, then enter 2.35

Suppose you have a 2.5-year remaining on an interest rate swap with a notionalprincipal of $10, 000, 000 between Company A and Company B. Company A pays fixed rateand Company B pays the float rate. Fixed and float payments are exchanged every year andthe last payment was exchanged 6 months ago. The fixed rate is 3.5% per annum, and thefloating rate is tied to the annual LIBOR. The previous 1-year LIBOR rate, set 6 months ago,is 2.75%, 6 month LIBOR is 3.25%. the 1.5-year LIBOR is 3.25%, and the 2.5-year LIBOR is3.50%.Calculate the present value of the fixed and floating legs of the swap, and determine the swap’snet present value from Company A’s perspective. Assume annual compounding for discounting.