FORWARD INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT Definition

FORWARD INTEREST RATE AGREEMENT is where two entities agree to a fixed interest rate in the future. If the actual rate is different than the fixed rate, one party will pay the other party the present value of the difference between the interest cash flows. Essentially the two entities are gambling on which way the interest rate of an index will change. These contracts are not traded on an established exchange but rather are private contracts between parties.

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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES is normally comprised of: a definition of the reporting organization, statement of general accounting policies, statement of particular accounting policies, and a statement of changes in accounting policies.

VALIDATE is to a. declare or make legally valid; b. mark with an indication of official sanction; or, c. to establish the soundness of; corroborate.

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