A zero-coupon inflation swap of notional , maturity years and fixed rate exchanges a single net payment at maturity: the inflation receiver gets
where and are the reference index at the start and at maturity, with the same lag as the bonds. Nothing is exchanged at the start.
Exemples
Example 11.8 (A five-year swap)
A pension fund receives inflation on USD 100 million for five years at 2.50%, with a base index of 300.00. The forward index is . If the index ends at 345.00, 15% above its base, the fund receives million; had it ended at the forward, nothing.