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MetLife profit falls on derivative losses; operating profit beats

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MetLife has long had a sizeable derivatives program to smooth out its risk to persistently low interest rates. Higher interest rates, foreign currency changes and the company’s own credit spreads resulted in a net after-tax loss of $924 million this quarter. It has left MetLife with a 90 percent drop in quarterly profit. Its operating profit, however, beat estimates.