All interest and inflation rates are stated as annual rates.
Purchasing power parity
1. If the spot market exchange rate for the British pound is 1.3158, the expected inflation rate for the UK is 2.10%, and the expected inflation rate for the US for the next year is 1.90%, what is the expected exchange rate for the British pound in one year?
2. If the spot market exchange rate for the Philippine peso is 52.55, the expected inflation rate for the Philippines is 5.1 %, and the expected inflation rate for the US is 1.90%, what is the expected exchange rate for the Philippine peso in six months?
3. If the spot market exchange rate for the Swiss franc is 0.9919, the expected inflation rate for Switzerland is 0.70%, and the expected inflation rates for the US is 1.90% what is the expected exchange rate for the Swiss franc in two years?
All interest and inflation rates are stated as annual rates. Purchasing power parity 1. If the...
PPP - Purchasing Power Parity Suppose that the current Swiss franc to U.S. dollar spot exchange rate is $:SFr = 1.60 (i.e., 1.60 SFr per U.S. dollar or 1.60 SFr/$). The expected inflation over the coming year is 2% in Switzerland and 5% in the US. According to the purchasing power parity, what is the expected value of the Swiss franc to U.S. dollar spot exchange rate a year from now?
All interest and inflation rates are stated as annual rates. Unbiased forward rate (forward expectation parity) 1. If the spot market exchange rate for the euro is 1.1427 and the 6-month forward quote is 178, what is the expected exchange rate for the euro in six months? 2. If the spot market exchange rate for the Hong Kong dollar is 7.8461 and the 1-year forward quote is -616, what is the expected exchange rate for the Hong Kong dollar in...
A... We know that the yen and the swiss franc have a 100yen/sf 1 exchange rate, meaning one swiss franc buys 100 yen in the spot ER market. The 1 year forward rate is 108 yen/swiss franc, or 1 franc buys 108 yen in the forward market. If the swiss franc has an interest rate of .11, what should the yen rate be for IPT (interest parity theory) to be attained? If the yen rate were 16%, would there be...
All interest and inflation rates are stated as annual rates. International Fisher effect 4. If the spot market exchange rate for the Haitian gourde is 783.961, the 1-year interest rate paid on Haitian government debt is 20.0%, and the 1-year interest rate on US government debt is 2.60%, what is the expected exchange rate for the gourde in one year? 5. If the spot market exchange rate for the Australian dollar is 0.7166, the 3-month interest rate on Australian government...
please answer all parts on a piece of paper Exercises: Parity conditions in real markets and financial markets EXERCISE 10 (Forward exchange rate) If the Swiss franc is $0.68 on the spot market and the 180-day forward rate is $0.70, what is the annualized interest rate in the United States over the next six months? The annualized interest rate in Switzerland is 2%.
If annualized nominal interest rates in the US and Switzerland are 12% and 8% respectively and the 90-day forward [one-year forward] rate for the Swiss franc is $1.0218, at what current spot rate for the Swiss frank will interest rate parity hold?
Challenge Problem. Following are currency exchange “crossrates” between pairs of major currencies. Currency crossrates include both direct and indirect methods for expressing relative exchange rates. Currency crossrates include both direct and indirect methods for expressing relative exchange rates. U.S. U.K. Swiss Japanese European Dollar Pound Franc Yen Euro EMU 1.1406 ? 0.6783 0.0087 --- Japan 130.66 185.98 77.705 --- 114.60 Switzerland 1.6817 2.3936 --- 0.0129 ? United Kingdom ? --- 0.4178 ? 0.6162 United States --- 1.4231 ? 0.0077 0.8767 a. Fill in the missing exchange rates in the crossrates table. b. If the inflation rate is expected to be 3 percent in the European Monetary Union (EMU) and 4 percent in...
According to the Purchasing Power Parity Theorem and the Quantity Theory of Money, other things being equal, which of the following would cause the price of UK pound (r = US$/UKpound) to fall: a) A decrease in U.S. real GDP b) A decrease U.K. inflation rate c) An increase in U.S. inflation rate d) A decrease in U.S. money supply e) a decrease in UK money supply
Today’s spot rate of the Mexican peso is $.10. Assume that purchasing power parity holds. The U.S. inflation rate over this year is expected to be 7 percent, while the Mexican inflation over this year is expected to be 3 percent. Carolina Co. plans to import from Mexico and will need 20 million Mexican pesos in one year. Determine the expected amount of dollars to be paid by the Carolina Co. for the pesos in one year.
These questions refer to Purchasing Power Parity. According to Interest Rate Parity, how would the dollar respond (appreciate, depreciate, no change) against the Euro in reaction to an average European inflation rate of 2.2%? The US inflation rate is 4% in this example—the term in question is 1 year. Please use this data for a and b and c. A. Consider the relationship between expansionary monetary policy. the value of the dollar, and net imports. How does this new dollar...