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You enetered into a currency swap that has 4.25 years left until termination. You receive 4.3% on $10 million and pay 3.8% on 9.5 million euros each settlement date. Current exchange rate is $1.10/1 Euros. The interest rates are listed below for the USD and EUR all quoted per annum with continuous compounding. What is the value of your swap today?
YEAR USD EUR
.25 3% 3.5%
1.25 3.5% 4%
2.25 4% 4%
3.25 4.25% 4.5%
4.25 4.25% 4.75%
Please see the table below. Please see the second row to understand the mathematics.
| Year | USD | EUR | Receive in $ mn | Pay in EUR mn | Exchange rate ($ / Eur) | Pay in $ | Net cash flows | PV factor | PV of net cash flows | 
| t | A | B | C = 4.3% x 10 | D = 3.8% x 9.5 | E = 1.1 x e(A – B)t | F = D x E | G = C - F | H = e-A x t | G x H | 
| 0.25 | 3.00% | 3.50% | 0.430000 | 0.361000 | 1.098626 | 0.396604 | 0.033396 | 0.992528 | 0.033147 | 
| 1.25 | 3.50% | 4.00% | 0.430000 | 0.361000 | 1.093146 | 0.394626 | 0.035374 | 0.957193 | 0.033860 | 
| 2.25 | 4.00% | 4.00% | 0.430000 | 0.361000 | 1.100000 | 0.397100 | 0.032900 | 0.913931 | 0.030068 | 
| 3.25 | 4.25% | 4.50% | 0.430000 | 0.361000 | 1.091099 | 0.393887 | 0.036113 | 0.870990 | 0.031454 | 
| 4.25 | 4.25% | 4.75% | 0.430000 | 0.361000 | 1.076872 | 0.388751 | 0.041249 | 0.834748 | 0.034433 | 
| Total | 0.162962 | 
Value of the swap today = Total PV of all the future net cash
flows = $ 0.162962 million = $  162,961.95 (Please round
it off as per your requirement)