(FRA)A bank is considering using a “three against six” $2,000,000 FRA to cover its potential loss.  The purpose of the FRA is to cover the interest rate risk caused by the maturity mismatch from having made a six-month Eurodollar loan and having accepted a three-month Eurodollar deposit. The agreement rate with the buyer is 6.711%.  There are actually 92 days in the three-month FRA period. If the settlement rate is 4.331% three months from today, then the FRA is worth $____________ (Keep two decimal places.)  the answer is 12,031.28 please provide steps

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(FRA)A bank is considering using a “three against six” $2,000,000 FRA to cover its potential loss.  The purpose of the FRA is to cover the interest rate risk caused by the maturity mismatch from having made a six-month Eurodollar loan and having accepted a three-month Eurodollar deposit. The agreement rate with the buyer is 6.711%.  There are actually 92 days in the three-month FRA period. If the settlement rate is 4.331% three months from today, then the FRA is worth $____________ (Keep two decimal places.)

 the answer is 12,031.28 please provide steps

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