ZeroCouponInflationSwap

ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object

Since R2021a

Description

Create and price a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object for one or more Zero-Coupon Inflation Swap instruments using either of these two workflows.

When using an Inflation pricing method:

1. Use fininstrument to create a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object for one or more Zero-Coupon Inflation Swap instruments.

2. Use ratecurve to specify an interest-rate model for the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object.

3. Use inflationcurve to specify an inflation curve model.

4. Use finpricer to specify an Inflation pricing method for one or more ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments.

5. Use inflationCashflows to compute cash flows for each one of the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments.

When using an JarrowYildirim pricing method:

1. Use fininstrument to create a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object for one or more Zero-Coupon Inflation Swap instruments and specify the IssueIndex name-value argument.

2. Use finmodel to specify a JarrowYildirim model object for the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object.

3. Use ratecurve to specify a NominalCurve interest-rate model for the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object.

4. Use ratecurve to specify a RealCurve interest-rate model for the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object.

5. Use finpricer to specify a JarrowYildirim pricing method for one or more ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments.

For more information on this workflow, see Get Started with Workflows Using Object-Based Framework for Pricing Financial Instruments.

For more information on the available models and pricing methods for a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument, see Choose Instruments, Models, and Pricers.

Creation

Syntax

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument(InstrumentType,'Maturity',maturity_date,'Notional',notional_value,'FixedInflationRate',inflation_rate)

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument(___,Name,Value)

Description

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument(InstrumentType,'Maturity',maturity_date,'Notional',notional_value,'FixedInflationRate',inflation_rate) creates a ZeroCouponInflationSwap object for one or more Zero-Coupon Inflation Swap instruments by specifying InstrumentType and sets the properties for the required name-value pair arguments Maturity, Notional, and FixedInflationRate.

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument(___,Name,Value) sets optional properties using name-value pairs in addition to the required arguments in the previous syntax. For example, ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument("ZeroCouponInflationSwap", 'Maturity',Maturity,'Notional',Notional,'FixedInflationRate',FixedInflationRate,'StartDate',StartDate) creates a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument. You can specify multiple name-value pair arguments.

Input Arguments

InstrumentType — Instrument type

string with value "ZeroCouponInflationSwap" | string array with values of "ZeroCouponInflationSwap" | character vector with value 'ZeroCouponInflationSwap' | cell array of character vectors with values of 'ZeroCouponInflationSwap'

Instrument type, specified as a string with the value of "ZeroCouponInflationSwap", a character vector with the value of 'ZeroCouponInflationSwap', an NINST-by-1 string array with values of "ZeroCouponInflationSwap", or an NINST-by-1 cell array of character vectors with values of 'ZeroCouponInflationSwap'.

Data Types: char | cell | string

Name-Value Arguments

Specify required and optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument("ZeroCouponInflationSwap", 'Maturity',Maturity,'Notional',Notional,'FixedInflationRate',FixedInflationRate,'StartDate',StartDate)

Required ZeroCouponInflationSwap Name-Value Pair Arguments

Maturity — Swap maturity date

datetime array | string array | date character vector

Swap maturity date, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Maturity' and a scalar or an NINST-by-1 vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, ZeroCouponInflationSwap also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

If you use date character vectors or strings, the format must be recognizable by datetime because the Maturity property is stored as a datetime.

Notional — Notional amount

scalar numeric | numeric vector

Notional amount, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Notional' and a scalar numeric or an NINST-by-1 numeric vector.

Data Types: double

FixedInflationRate — Inflation rate

decimal | vector of decimals

Inflation rate, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'FixedInflationRate' and a scalar decimal or an NINST-by-1 vector of decimals.

Data Types: double

Optional ZeroCouponInflationSwap Name-Value Pair Arguments

StartDate — Date swap starts

Settle date (default) | datetime array | string array | date character vector

Date swap starts, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'StartDate' and a scalar or an NINST-by-1 vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors. If not specified, when pricing the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument, the Inflation pricer uses the Settle date of the DiscountCurve as the StartDate.

To support existing code, ZeroCouponInflationSwap also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

If you use date character vectors or strings, the format must be recognizable by datetime because the StartDate property is stored as a datetime.

Basis — Day count basis for the fixed leg

0 (actual/actual) (default) | scalar integer from 0 to 13 | vector of integers from 0 to 13

Day count basis for the fixed leg, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Basis' and a scalar integer or an NINST-by-1 vector of integers for the following:

• 0 — actual/actual

• 1 — 30/360 (SIA)

• 2 — actual/360

• 3 — actual/365

• 4 — 30/360 (PSA)

• 5 — 30/360 (ISDA)

• 6 — 30/360 (European)

• 7 — actual/365 (Japanese)

• 8 — actual/actual (ICMA)

• 9 — actual/360 (ICMA)

• 10 — actual/365 (ICMA)

• 11 — 30/360E (ICMA)

• 12 — actual/365 (ISDA)

• 13 — BUS/252

For more information, see Basis.

Data Types: double

Lag — Indexation lag in months

3 (default) | scalar numeric | numeric vector

Indexation lag in months, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Lag' and a scalar numeric or an NINST-by-1 numeric vector.

Data Types: double

IssueIndex — Inflation index at issue date

CurrentIndex in JarrowYildirim model object or index value in inflationcurve model object (default) | numeric

Inflation index at issue date, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'IssueIndex' and a scalar numeric or an NINST-by-1 vector of numeric values. For example, the IssueIndex for the inflation index depends on the country and can be from any of the following:

• US — CPI (US Consumer Price Index Urban Consumers (CPI-U))

• UK — RPI (UK Retail Price Index (RPI)

• Canada — CPI (Canada All-Items Consumer Price Index)

• European Union (EU) — HICP-ex Tobacco (EU Harmonized Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) ex Tobacco)

• Japan — CPI (Japan Consumer Price Index)

• China — CPI (China Consumer Price Index)

Note

• If you specify a JarrowYildirim pricing method, when pricing a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument, by default, the IssueIndex is the CurrentIndex in the JarrowYildirim model object.

• If you specify an Inflation pricing method with an ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument and you have specified an IssueIndex value, the Inflation pricing method overrides the index value for the issue date in the inflationcurve model object.

Data Types: double

Name — User-defined name for instrument

" " (default) | string | string array | character vector | cell array of character vectors

User-defined name for the instrument, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Name' and a scalar string or character vector or an NINST-by-1 cell array of character vectors or string array.

Data Types: char | cell | string

Output Arguments

ZCInflationSwap — Zero-Coupon Inflation Swap instrument

ZeroCouponInflationSwap object

Zero-Coupon Inflation Swap instrument, returned as a ZeroCouponInflationSwap object.

Properties

Maturity — Swap maturity date

scalar datetime | vector of datetimes

Swap maturity date, returned as a scalar datetime or an NINST-by-1 vector of datetimes.

Data Types: datetime

Notional — Notional amount

scalar numeric | numeric vector

Notional amount, returned as a scalar numeric or an NINST-by-1 vector of decimals.

Data Types: double

FixedInflationRate — Inflation rate

scalar decimal | vector of decimals

Inflation rate, returned as a scalar decimal or an NINST-by-1 vector of decimals.

Data Types: double

StartDate — Date swap starts

Settle date (default) | scalar datetime | vector of datetimes

Date swap starts, returned as a scalar datetime or an NINST-by-1 vector of datetimes.

Data Types: datetime

Basis — Day count basis for fixed leg

0 (actual/actual) (default) | scalar integer from 0 to 13 | vector of integers from 0 to 13

Day count basis for fixed leg, returned as a scalar integer or an NINST-by-1 vector of integers.

Data Types: double

Lag — Indexation lag in months

3 (default) | scalar numeric | numeric vector

Indexation lag in months, returned as a scalar numeric or an NINST-by-1 numeric vector.

Data Types: double

IssueIndex — Inflation index at issue date

CurrentIndex in JarrowYildirim model object or index value in inflationcurve model object (default) | numeric

Inflation index at issue date, returned as a scalar numeric or an NINST-by-1 vector of numeric values.

Data Types: double

Name — User-defined name for instrument

" " (default) | string

User-defined name for the instrument, returned as a string or an NINST-by-1 string array.

Data Types: string

Object Functions

inflationCashflows

Compute cash flows for ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument

Examples

Price Zero Coupon Inflation Swap Instrument Using inflationcurve and Inflation Pricer

This example shows the workflow to price a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument when you use an inflationcurve object and an Inflation pricing method.

Create ratecurve Object

Create a ratecurve object using ratecurve.

Settle = datetime(2021,1,15);
Type = "zero";
ZeroTimes = [calmonths(6) calyears([1 2 3 4 5 7 10 20 30])]';
ZeroRates = [0.0052 0.0055 0.0061 0.0073 0.0094 0.0119 0.0168 0.0222 0.0293 0.0307]';
ZeroDates = Settle + ZeroTimes;
ZeroCurve = ratecurve('zero',Settle,ZeroDates,ZeroRates)

ZeroCurve = 
  ratecurve with properties:

                 Type: "zero"
          Compounding: -1
                Basis: 0
                Dates: [10×1 datetime]
                Rates: [10×1 double]
               Settle: 15-Jan-2021
         InterpMethod: "linear"
    ShortExtrapMethod: "next"
     LongExtrapMethod: "previous"

Create inflationcurve Object

Create an inflationcurve object using inflationcurve.

BaseDate = datetime(2020, 10, 1);
InflationTimes = [0 calyears([1 2 3 4 5 7 10 20 30])]';
InflationIndexValues = [100 102 103.5 105 106.8 108.2 111.3 120.1 130.4 150.2]';
InflationDates = BaseDate + InflationTimes;
myInflationCurve = inflationcurve(InflationDates,InflationIndexValues)

myInflationCurve = 
  inflationcurve with properties:

                    Basis: 0
                    Dates: [10×1 datetime]
     InflationIndexValues: [10×1 double]
    ForwardInflationRates: [9×1 double]
              Seasonality: [12×1 double]

Create ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instrument Object

Use fininstrument to create a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object.

StartDate = datetime(2021,1,1);
Maturity = datetime(2022,10,1);
FixedInflationRate = 0.015;
Notional = 2000;

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument("ZeroCouponInflationSwap",'StartDate',StartDate,'Maturity',Maturity,'FixedInflationRate',FixedInflationRate,'Notional',Notional,'Name',"zero_coupon_inflation_swap_instrument")

ZCInflationSwap = 
  ZeroCouponInflationSwap with properties:

              Notional: 2000
    FixedInflationRate: 0.0150
                 Basis: 0
                   Lag: 3
            IssueIndex: NaN
             StartDate: 01-Jan-2021
              Maturity: 01-Oct-2022
                  Name: "zero_coupon_inflation_swap_instrument"

Create Inflation Pricer Object

Use finpricer to create an Inflation pricer object and use the ratecurve object with the 'DiscountCurve' name-value pair argument and the inflationcurve object with the 'InflationCurve' name-value pair argument.

outPricer = finpricer("Inflation",'DiscountCurve',ZeroCurve,'InflationCurve',myInflationCurve)

outPricer = 
  Inflation with properties:

     DiscountCurve: [1×1 ratecurve]
    InflationCurve: [1×1 inflationcurve]

Price ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instrument

Use price to compute the price and sensitivities for the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument.

[Price,outPR] = price(outPricer,ZCInflationSwap,"all")

Price = 
9.5675

outPR = 
  priceresult with properties:

       Results: [1×1 table]
    PricerData: []

outPR.Results

ans=table
    Price 
    ______

    9.5675

Price Multiple Zero Coupon Inflation Swap Instruments Using inflationcurve and Inflation Pricer

This example shows the workflow to price multiple ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments when you use an inflationcurve object and an Inflation pricing method.

Create ratecurve Object

Create a ratecurve object using ratecurve.

Settle = datetime(2021,12,15);
Type = "zero";
ZeroTimes = [calmonths(6) calyears([1 2 3 4 5 7 10 20 30])]';
ZeroRates = [0.0052 0.0055 0.0061 0.0073 0.0094 0.0119 0.0168 0.0222 0.0293 0.0307]';
ZeroDates = Settle + ZeroTimes;
ZeroCurve = ratecurve('zero',Settle,ZeroDates,ZeroRates)

ZeroCurve = 
  ratecurve with properties:

                 Type: "zero"
          Compounding: -1
                Basis: 0
                Dates: [10×1 datetime]
                Rates: [10×1 double]
               Settle: 15-Dec-2021
         InterpMethod: "linear"
    ShortExtrapMethod: "next"
     LongExtrapMethod: "previous"

Create inflationcurve Object

Create an inflationcurve object using inflationcurve.

BaseDate = datetime(2020, 10, 1);
InflationTimes = [0 calyears([1 2 3 4 5 7 10 20 30])]';
InflationIndexValues = [100 102 103.5 105 106.8 108.2 111.3 120.1 130.4 150.2]';
InflationDates = BaseDate + InflationTimes;
myInflationCurve = inflationcurve(InflationDates,InflationIndexValues)

myInflationCurve = 
  inflationcurve with properties:

                    Basis: 0
                    Dates: [10×1 datetime]
     InflationIndexValues: [10×1 double]
    ForwardInflationRates: [9×1 double]
              Seasonality: [12×1 double]

Create ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instrument Object

Use fininstrument to create a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object.

StartDate = datetime([2021,5,1 ; 2021,6,1 ; 2021,7,1]);
Maturity = datetime([2022,10,1 ; 2022,11,1 ;2022,12,1]);
FixedInflationRate = 0.015;
Notional = [20000 ; 30000 ; 40000] ;

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument("ZeroCouponInflationSwap",'StartDate',StartDate,'Maturity',Maturity,'FixedInflationRate',FixedInflationRate,'Notional',Notional,'Name',"zero_coupon_inflation_swap_instrument")

ZCInflationSwap=3×1 ZeroCouponInflationSwap array with properties:
    Notional
    FixedInflationRate
    Basis
    Lag
    IssueIndex
    StartDate
    Maturity
    Name

Create Inflation Pricer Object

Use finpricer to create an Inflation pricer object and use the ratecurve object with the 'DiscountCurve' name-value pair argument and the inflationcurve object with the 'InflationCurve' name-value pair argument.

outPricer = finpricer("Inflation",'DiscountCurve',ZeroCurve,'InflationCurve',myInflationCurve)

outPricer = 
  Inflation with properties:

     DiscountCurve: [1×1 ratecurve]
    InflationCurve: [1×1 inflationcurve]

Price ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instruments

Use price to compute the prices and sensitivities for the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments.

[Price,outPR] = price(outPricer,ZCInflationSwap,"all")

Price = 3×1

   59.4576
   80.6037
   89.4137

outPR=1×3 priceresult array with properties:
    Results
    PricerData

outPR.Results

ans=table
    Price 
    ______

    59.458

ans=table
    Price 
    ______

    80.604

ans=table
    Price 
    ______

    89.414

Price Zero Coupon Inflation Swap Instrument Using JarrowYildirim Model and JarrowYildirim Pricer

This example shows the workflow to price a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument when you use a JarrowYildirim model object and a JarrowYildirim pricing method.

Create ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instrument Object

Use fininstrument to create a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object with an IssueIndex name-value argument. When pricing a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument using a JarrowYildirim pricing method, by default the IssueIndex is the CurrentIndex in the JarrowYildirim model object.

StartDate = datetime(2021,1,1);
Maturity = datetime(2022,10,1);
FixedInflationRate = 0.015;
Notional = 2000;

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument("ZeroCouponInflationSwap",StartDate=StartDate,Maturity=Maturity,FixedInflationRate=FixedInflationRate, ...
                                 Notional=Notional,IssueIndex=0.035,Name="zero_coupon_inflation_swap_instrument")

ZCInflationSwap = 
  ZeroCouponInflationSwap with properties:

              Notional: 2000
    FixedInflationRate: 0.0150
                 Basis: 0
                   Lag: 3
            IssueIndex: 0.0350
             StartDate: 01-Jan-2021
              Maturity: 01-Oct-2022
                  Name: "zero_coupon_inflation_swap_instrument"

Create JarrowYildirim Object

Use finmodel to create an JarrowYildirim model object.

JarrowYildirimModelObj = finmodel("JarrowYildirim",NominalVolatility=0.008,RealVolatility=0.005,IndexVolatility=0.01,NominalConstant=0.04, ...
                          RealConstant=0.05,NominalRealCorrelation=0.015,RealIndexCorrelation=-0.32,NominalIndexCorrelation=0.08,CurrentIndex=101)

JarrowYildirimModelObj = 
  JarrowYildirim with properties:

          NominalVolatility: 0.0080
             RealVolatility: 0.0050
            IndexVolatility: 0.0100
            NominalConstant: 0.0400
               RealConstant: 0.0500
     NominalRealCorrelation: 0.0150
       RealIndexCorrelation: -0.3200
    NominalIndexCorrelation: 0.0800
               CurrentIndex: 101

Create JarrowYildirim Pricer Object

Use finpricer to create a JarrowYildirim pricer object and use a ratecurve object to create a NominalCurve and RealCurve and specify the JarrowYildirim object model object with the 'Model' name-value argument.

Settle = datetime(2023,10,1);
ZeroTimes = [calmonths(6) calyears([1 2 3 5 7 10 20 30])];
NominalRates = [4.70 4.68 4.14 3.83 3.56 3.51 3.48 3.77 3.66]'./100;
RealRates = [1.47 1.55 1.31 1.30 1.33 1.28 1.25 1.33 1.42]'./100;
ZeroDates = Settle + ZeroTimes;
NominalCurve = ratecurve("zero",Settle,ZeroDates,NominalRates);
RealCurve = ratecurve("zero",Settle,ZeroDates,RealRates);

JarrowYildirimPricer = finpricer("analytic",Model=JarrowYildirimModelObj, ...
                       NominalCurve=NominalCurve, RealCurve=RealCurve)

JarrowYildirimPricer = 
  JarrowYildirim with properties:

           Model: [1×1 finmodel.JarrowYildirim]
    NominalCurve: [1×1 ratecurve]
       RealCurve: [1×1 ratecurve]

Price ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instrument

Use price to compute the price for the ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument.

Price = price(JarrowYildirimPricer,ZCInflationSwap)

Price = 
5.8545e+06

Price Multiple Zero Coupon Inflation Swap Instruments Using JarrowYildirim Model and JarrowYildirim Pricer

This example shows the workflow to price multiple ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments when you use a JarrowYildirim model object and a JarrowYildirim pricing method.

Create ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instrument Object

Use fininstrument to create a ZeroCouponInflationSwap instrument object for three instances with an IssueIndex name-value argument. When pricing ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments using a JarrowYildirim pricing method, by default the IssueIndex is the CurrentIndex in the JarrowYildirim model object.

StartDate = datetime([2021,5,1 ; 2021,6,1 ; 2021,7,1]);
Maturity = datetime([2022,10,1 ; 2022,11,1 ;2022,12,1]);
FixedInflationRate = 0.015;
Notional = [20000 ; 30000 ; 40000] ;

ZCInflationSwap = fininstrument("ZeroCouponInflationSwap",StartDate=StartDate,Maturity=Maturity,FixedInflationRate=FixedInflationRate, ...
                                 Notional=Notional,IssueIndex=0.035,Name="zero_coupon_inflation_swap_instrument")

ZCInflationSwap=3×1 ZeroCouponInflationSwap array with properties:
    Notional
    FixedInflationRate
    Basis
    Lag
    IssueIndex
    StartDate
    Maturity
    Name

Create JarrowYildirim Object

Use finmodel to create an JarrowYildirim model object.

JarrowYildirimModelObj = finmodel("JarrowYildirim",NominalVolatility=0.008,RealVolatility=0.005,IndexVolatility=0.01,NominalConstant=0.04, ...
                          RealConstant=0.05,NominalRealCorrelation=0.015,RealIndexCorrelation=-0.32,NominalIndexCorrelation=0.08,CurrentIndex=101)

JarrowYildirimModelObj = 
  JarrowYildirim with properties:

          NominalVolatility: 0.0080
             RealVolatility: 0.0050
            IndexVolatility: 0.0100
            NominalConstant: 0.0400
               RealConstant: 0.0500
     NominalRealCorrelation: 0.0150
       RealIndexCorrelation: -0.3200
    NominalIndexCorrelation: 0.0800
               CurrentIndex: 101

Create JarrowYildirim Pricer Object

Use finpricer to create a JarrowYildirim pricer object and use a ratecurve object to create a NominalCurve and RealCurve and specify the JarrowYildirim object model object with the Model name-value argument.

Settle = datetime(2023,10,1);
ZeroTimes = [calmonths(6) calyears([1 2 3 5 7 10 20 30])];
NominalRates = [4.70 4.68 4.14 3.83 3.56 3.51 3.48 3.77 3.66]'./100;
RealRates = [1.47 1.55 1.31 1.30 1.33 1.28 1.25 1.33 1.42]'./100;
ZeroDates = Settle + ZeroTimes;
NominalCurve = ratecurve("zero",Settle,ZeroDates,NominalRates);
RealCurve = ratecurve("zero",Settle,ZeroDates,RealRates);

JarrowYildirimPricer = finpricer("analytic",Model=JarrowYildirimModelObj, ...
                       NominalCurve=NominalCurve, RealCurve=RealCurve)

JarrowYildirimPricer = 
  JarrowYildirim with properties:

           Model: [1×1 finmodel.JarrowYildirim]
    NominalCurve: [1×1 ratecurve]
       RealCurve: [1×1 ratecurve]

Price ZeroCouponInflationSwap Instruments

Use price to compute the price for the three ZeroCouponInflationSwap instruments.

Price = price(JarrowYildirimPricer,ZCInflationSwap)

Price = 3×1
108 ×

    0.5855
    0.8771
    1.1680

More About

Zero Coupon Inflation Swap

A zero coupon inflation swap (ZCIIS) is a derivative where a fixed-rate payment on a notional amount is swapped for a payment at the inflation rate.

Linked to an inflation index like the Consumer Price Index (CPI), one party pays a predetermined fixed inflation rate at maturity, while the other pays a floating rate based on the realized or expected inflation rate. No periodic payments are made; instead, cash flows are exchanged in a lump sum at maturity, based on the difference between the fixed and realized or expected inflation rates. The notional amount, used to calculate cash flows, doesn't involve a principal exchange.

Algorithms

To price a zero-coupon inflation-indexed swap (ZCIS), use an inflation curve and a nominal discount curve (model-free approach), where the cash flows are discounted using the nominal discount curve.

$$\begin{array}{l}\text{Cash flows at maturity }t=T_M:\\ FixedLeg=N\times [{(}^1-1]\\ InflationLeg=N\times \left[\frac{I(T_M)}{I_0}-1\right]\end{array}$$

where

• N is the reference notional of the swap.

• k is the fixed inflation rate.

• M is the number of years for the life of the swap.

• I(T_M) is the inflation index at the maturity date with some lag (for example, three months).

• I₀ is the inflation index at the start date with some lag (for example, three months).

To price a zero-coupon inflation-indexed swap (ZCIS) using the JarrowYildirim and a JarrowYildirim pricing method, the ZCIS is priced as ZCIS_InflationLeg - ZCIS_FixedLeg.

$$\begin{array}{l}ZCI{S}_{FixedLeg}(t,T_M,K,N)=N{P}_n(t,T_M)\left[{(1+K)}^M-1\right]\\ ZCI{S}_{InflationLeg}(t,T_M,I_0,N)=N\left[\frac{I(t)}{I_0}{P}_r(t,T_M)-P_n(t,T_M)\right]\end{array}$$

where

• N is the notional value.

• K is the fixed annual inflation rate.

• M is the maturity in years.

• T_M is the maturity date.

• I(t) is the inflation index at t.

• I₀ is the inflation issue index.

• P_x(t,T) is the zero coupon bond price (where P_n is the nominal price and P_r is the real price).

References

[1] Brody, D. C., Crosby, J., and Li, H. "Convexity Adjustments in Inflation-Linked Derivatives." Risk Magazine. November 2008, pp. 124–129.

[2] Kerkhof, J. "Inflation Derivatives Explained: Markets, Products, and Pricing." Fixed Income Quantitative Research, Lehman Brothers, July 2005.

[3] Mercurio, F. "Pricing Inflation-Indexed Derivatives." Quantitative Finance, Vol 5, Issue 3, pp.289-302, 2005.

[4] Zhang, J. X. "Limited Price Indexation (LPI) Swap Valuation Ideas." Wilmott Magazine. no. 57, January 2012, pp. 58–69.

Version History

Introduced in R2021a

R2023b: Support for IssueIndex Property

You can use the name-value argument IssueIndex to specify the inflation index at the instrument issue date for the YearYearInflationSwap instrument. You must specify an IssueIndex when using a JarrowYildirim model object and a JarrowYildirim pricing method to price the YearYearInflationSwap instrument.

R2022b: Serial date numbers not recommended

Although ZeroCouponInflationSwap supports serial date numbers, datetime values are recommended instead. The datetime data type provides flexible date and time formats, storage out to nanosecond precision, and properties to account for time zones and daylight saving time.

To convert serial date numbers or text to datetime values, use the datetime function. For example:

t = datetime(738427.656845093,"ConvertFrom","datenum");
y = year(t)

y =

        2021

There are no plans to remove support for serial date number inputs.