Reply To: Spot Rate VS Forward Rate

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Mayank Goyal
Keymaster

    Deepak38 wrote:

    I am not able to understand the Spot Rate and Froward Rate and the comparison between them theoritically. Can anyone explain that in lay-mam language? (Prepairing for the interviews)

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    Spot rate: Current rate at current date.

    Forward Rate: A forward rate is what the rate ought to be  (based on interest rate differentials, SWAP points etc) some time in the future. 

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