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A financial institution purchases a bond at a point when it is paying interest. After holding the bond for three months, the institution decides to enter into a repurchase agreement (repo) to quickly generate liquidity. The specific details regarding the bond and the terms of the repurchase agreement are provided in the table below:
Notional (USD) | Coupon (semi-annual) | Current bond price (USD) | Repo haircut | Repo interest rate |
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100,000 | 5% | 98 | 5% | 3% |
Taking into consideration that the repurchase agreement spans a term of six months, calculate the projected cash outflow for the financial institution at the end of the repurchase agreement.