Par swap rate definition
What is the fixed rate on a newly initiated vanilla interest-rate swap set to?
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- A fair swap costs nothing to enter.
- Set PV(fixed leg) = PV(floating leg).
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The rate that makes the swap's initial value zero (the par swap rate)
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