Assume that you have entered into a fixed for fixed currency swap agreement under which every 6 months you agree to pay 3% on a notional of 110M USD and receive 4% on a notional of 100M EUR. On the date you signed the contract the spot exchange rate is 1.1 USD/EUR. Six months later the spot exchange rate is 1.05 USD/EUR. Your actual payment net of what you receive at the first payment date equals to :

-0.55M USD

Explanation:

The payment made will be:

= 3%/2 × 110M USD

= 0.03/2 × 110M USD

= 1.65M USD

The amount received will be:

= 4%/2 × 100M EUR

= 2% × 100M EUR

= 0.02 × 100M EUR

= 2M EUR

Since exchange rate = 1.1 USD/EUR

2M EUR = 2 × 1.1 = 2.2M USD

Therefore, net payment will be:

= 1.65M - 2.2M

= - 0.55M USD

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know

answer; (c) communism and socialism;