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One year spot rate = 3
One year spot rate = 3.9436% Two year spot rate = 6.0034% one year forward interest rate = for 12 = 8.1039% Are there any economic interpretation from the above obtained information?
Expert Solution
yes,there is economic interpretation in the spot rates given in the figure.
as spot rates and forward rates always have some interpretition
i will you an example:-
it's the month of August and a wholesaler needs to make delivery of bananas, she will pay the spot price to the seller and have bananas delivered within 2 days. However, if the wholesaler needs the bananas to be available at its stores in late December, but believes the commodity will be more expensive during this winter period due to a higher demand and lower overall supply, she cannot make a spot purchase for this commodity since the risk of spoilage is high. Since the commodity wouldn't be needed until December, a forward contract is a better fit for the banana investment
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