Carter Enterprises can issue floating-rate debt at LIBOR + 3% or fixed-rate debt at 9%. Brence Manufacturing can issue floating-rate debt at LIBOR + 2.9% or fixed-rate debt at 12%. Suppose Carter issues floating-rate debt and Brence issues fixed-rate debt. They are considering a swap in which Carter makes a fixed-rate payment of 7.90% to Brence and Brence makes a payment of LIBOR to Carter. What are the net payments of Carter and Brence if they engage in the swap? Round your answers to two decimal places. Use a minus sign to enter negative values, if any.

a. Net payment of Carter: ______%

b. Net payment of Brence: -(LIBOR +_____%)

c. Would Carter be better off if it issued fixed-rate debt or if it issued floating-rate debt and engaged in the swap?

The swap is good for Carter, if it issued:Select Either: "fixed-rate debt" OR "floating-rate debt and engaged in the swap".

d. Would Brence be better off if it issued floating-rate debt or if it issued fixed-rate debt and engaged in the swap?

The swap is good for Brence, if it issued:Select Either: "fixed-rate debt" OR "floating-rate debt and engaged in the swap".