Calculate the current credit default swap premium


Problem

Consider a corporate bond, with face value $100, which issues semi-annual coupon payments at an annual-coupon rate of 2%, where the last payment is a coupon payment plus face value.

Currently, the market price of this bond is $97 and the probability of default is 22%.

In the event of default, bond-holders will recover a fraction 0.57 of the PV of outstanding bond payments.

Calculate the current Credit Default Swap premium.

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