PROBLEM 1: CROSS CURRENCY INTEREST RATE SWAP—USD/EUR Prepare Journal entries, general ledgers, trial balance, income statement, and balance sheet. T-1 On purchase of cross-currency interest rate swap trade: T-2 Accrued … - Selection from Accounting for Investments, Volume 2: Fixed Income Securities and Interest Rate Derivatives—A Practitioner's Guide [Book] A currency swap is an agreement to exchange principal interest and fixed interest in one currency (i.e. the U.S. Dollar) for principal interest and fixed interest in another currency (i.e. the Euro). Like interest rate swaps, whose lives can range from 2-years to beyond 10-years, currency swaps are a long-term hedging technique against interest