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Swap Rate
The fixed rate paid in the fixed-rate leg of an interest-rate swap (see Swap) is referred to as the swap rate. The display of swap rates across the maturity spectrum is the swap curve. The difference between the swap rate and the yield on the most relevant government bond benchmark is known as the swap spread, which can be positive or negative.