MARCH 1995 Hedging interest rate risk has become one of the most common and important types of a financial manager's risk management activities. A classic example is for a firm to hedge its cost of funds by using an interest rate cap to place an upper bound on its borrowing costs. The hedge typically consists of a sequence of individual call options on the interest rate, with option expiration ...

Experts believe that by lowering the interest rate on bank accounts, total cost of goods and services decreases, and secondly, investment production increases,  both of which lead to lower inflation and provide stable employment field, on the other hand, are concerned about the negative effects of lowering the interest rate without lowering inflation and know the underlying requirement of nomin...