3. a. Assume that the interest rate on Euro denominated assets is 5% and the interest rate on comparable dollar denominated assets is 10%. The spot exchange rate is $1/1E. If you expect the exchange rate changes to $1.05/1E, where would you want to keep your money? Calculate and show!
b. The current interest rates on dollar and pound denominated deposits are 2% in the US and 3% in the UK. The current spot exchange rate is $2/1Pound. If the forward exchange rate offered is $1.90/1Pound, where would you invest? - Calculate!
Alternatively, if the forward exchange rate offered is $2.02/1Pound, where would you invest? Calculate!
c. Using Real exchange rate (what happens to X and M) – what happens to US exports and Imports in general following the appreciation of the dollar (signs)!
e R X M
Next, as a result, which of the following groups would tend to support appreciation of the dollar? Why?
3. a. Assume that the interest rate on Euro denominated assets is 5% and the interest...
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Bank USA recently purchased $11.8 million worth of euro-denominated one-year CDs that pay 12 percent interest annually. The current spot rate of U.S. dollars for euros is $1.104/1. a. Is Bank USA exposed to an appreciation or depreciation of the dollar relative to the euro? b. What will be the return on the one-year CD if the dollar appreciates relative to the euro such that the spot rate of U.S. dollars for euros at the end of the year is...
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2. Suppose a Canadian agent (investor) with C$1.0 million is choosing between bank deposits denominated in either euro or Canadian dollars. Also suppose that the (one-year) interest rate paid on the C$ deposits is 1% (0.01) and on the euro deposit is 2% (0.02), the (one-year) forward C$-EURO exchange rate (FC$/€ ) is 1.60 and the current spot rate (EC$/€ ) is 1.65. Based on this information, answer the following questions. (a) What is the forward spread? Is the...
QUESTION 4 $ interest rate is 5%. Euro interest rate is 10%. Spot exchange rate is 2$/euro. Forward exchange rate is F $/euro. What is F? (Answer number only, no symbols; 2 digit after decimal is enough)
$ interest rate is 50%. Euro interest rate is 10%. Spot exchange rate is 10$/euro. Forward exchange rate is F $/euro. What is F? (Answer number only, no symbols; 2 digit after decimal is enough)