1.   A rise in the Tokyo Interbank Offer Rate, or Tibor, also contributed to rising swap rates.

2.   A swap rate is the cost most banks and securities companies have to pay to obtain financing in a given maturity.

3.   For time deposits of longer maturity, banks use yen-denominated swap rates as a yardstick to decide deposit rates.

4.   In the yen interest rate swap market, swap rates were little changed.

5.   Its choice of currencies depends on where it can obtain the best swap rates in the maturities it wants, Zakrisson said.

6.   Japanese yen swap rates were little changed.

7.   Okuda cited strong interest from financial institutions in locking in fixed swap rates, because of concern rates may continue to rise.

8.   On Friday, yen swap rates rose.

9.   Recent speculation that the central bank may be getting ready to tighten its easy-money stance had prompted interest in paying fixed rates and pushed swap rates higher.

10.   So put these two features together for quick and easy swap rates and analytics.