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Forward-Forward Interest Rates and Forward Rate Agreements (FRAs)

“An important point is to consider which comes first. Are forward-forward rates (and hence futures prices and FRA rates) the mathematical result of the yield curve? Or are the market’s expectations of future rates the starting point?”

Forward-forwards, FRAs and futures

Applications of FRAs

Exercises

Where you see the WWW icon in the following, this calculation is available already programmed in Microsoft® Excel to be used online or downloaded (or copied and pasted) for your own use. Go to www.markets-international.com and clickCalculations’.

FORWARD-FORWARDS, FRAS AND FUTURES

Overview

Forward-forwards, forward rate agreements (FRAs) and futures are very similar and ...

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