Type of swaps in which fixed payments of interest are exchanged by two counterparties for floating payments of interest are called

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Type of swaps in which fixed payments of interest are exchanged by two counterparties for floating payments of interest are called interest rate swaps. An interest rate swap is a type of a derivative contract through which two counterparties agree to exchange one stream of future interest payments for another, based on a specified principal amount. In most cases, interest rate swaps include the exchange of a fixed interest rate for a floating rate.