Consider a credit default swap initiated on April 1, 2012. The notional principal amount is $100 million. The premium payments are made annually at a rate of 180 basis points per year. The swap will last for 5 years. Suppose that default event occurs on December 31, 2014. The recovery rate is 65%. Then the accrual

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Treasury Market

On-the-run securities are the most recently issued securities in the market depth and are therefore traded at some premium. The off-the-run securities are the ones issued just before the most recent ones. The on-the-run securities have a lower yield to the investor than the off-the-run securities.