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- Assuming that existing U.S. one year interest rate is 8% and the Canadian one-year interest rate is 9%. Also assume that interest rate parity exists. Should the forward rate of the Canadian dollar exhibit a discount or a premium? If U.S. investors attempt covered interest arbitrage, what will be their return? If Canadian investors attempt covered interest arbitrage what will be their return?If the interest rate in USD is 1%, and is 1.2% for Canadian Dollar deposits, find the forward price of a Canadian Dollar when the current exchange rate is 1.1, and expiration is three years from signing? b) If the Forward price of a Canadian dollar is currently 1.2, how could you use the synthetic to do arbitrage?Assume that interest rate parity holds. The U.S. four-year interest rate is 5% annualized, and the Indian four-year interest rate is 8% annualized. Today's spot rate of the Indian rupee is $.14. What is the approximate four-year forecast of the rupee's spot rate if the four-year forward rate is used as a forecast? A. $.174. B. $.262. C. $.125. D. $.226. E. $.115.
- Assume that the Australian dollar's spot rate is $1.25 and that the Australian and U.S 1 year interest rates are initially 8%. Then assume that the Australian 1-year interest rate increases by 5% points, while the U.S 1 year's interest rate remains unchanged. Using this information and the international fisher effect (IFE) theory, forecast the spot rate for 1 year ahead. (a) $2.33 (b) $1.19 (c) $4.67 (d) $6.78A. The value of the US Dollar today is GHS 6.1. Yesterday, the value of the US dollar was GHS 5.91. The Ghana Cedi ____ by ____%. B. Assuming that existing U.S. one year interest rate is 8% and the Canadian one-year interest rate is 9%. Also assume that interest rate parity exists. Should the forward rate of the Canadian dollar exhibit a discount or a premium? If U.S. investors attempt covered interest arbitrage, what will be their return? If Canadian investors attempt covered interest arbitrage what will be their return?You can buy or sell the £ spot at $1.98 to the pound. You can buy or sell the pound one-year forward at $2.01 to the pound. If U.S. annual interest rates are 5%, what must be the approximate one-year British interest rate if interest rate parity holds? A. 4.00% B. 2.75% C. 5.25% D. 3.48%
- Suppose that the six-month interest rate in the United States is 1%, while the six-month interest rate in Canada is 3%. Further, assume the spot rate of the Canadian dollar is $0.50. Given the spot rate of $0.50 of the Canadian dollar, as well as the premium of -1.9417% that you calculated previously, the six month forward rate of Canadian dollar should be about under IRP."Suppose that interest rates in the US and South Africa are 5% and 10% respectively. If interest rates in the US are expected to decrease to 3%p.a, will there be an appreciation or a depreciation of the South African Rand and what will the adjusted USD/ZAR exchange rate be, if the current spot exchange rate is 14.00ZAR?"Use the information below to answer the following questions. Currency per U.S. $ 1.2380 1.2353 Australia dollar 6-months forward Japan Yen 6-months forward U.K. Pound 6-months forward 100.3600 100.0200 .6789 .6784 Suppose interest rate parity holds, and the current six month risk-free rate in the United States is 5 percent. Use the approximate interest rate parity equation to answer the following questions. a. What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Australia? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Japan? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) a. Australian risk-free rate b. Japanese risk-free rate c. Great Britain risk-free rate c. What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Great Britain? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) % % %
- Assume the spot rate on the New Zealand dollar is NZ$1.0926, the risk-free nominal rate in the U.S. is 3.8 percent and 4.1 percent in New Zealand. What is the four-year forward rates best establishes the approximate interest rate parity condition?Assume that the international Fisher effect (IFE) holds. The initial Singapore dollar spot rate is A$0.80 and the 1-year interest rates for Singapore and Australia are 5 percent. The Singapore 1-year interest rate increases to 11 percent, while the Australia 1-year interest rate remains unchanged. Using this information, forecast the 1-year ahead spot rate. A.A$ 0.7568 B.A$ 0.845 C.A$ 0.90 D.Spot rate does not change E. Given information is not sufficient to calculate the answer The pandemic is believed to have exacerbated arguments for anti-globalization and anti- capitalism. Generally speaking, this effect will likely cause: A.an increase in foreign direct investment. B.management issues for corporations. C.complications in public relations for corporations. D.both B) and C). E. both A) and C).Assume that the four-year annualized interest rate in the United States is 9 percent and the four-year annualized interest rate in Singapore is 6 percent. Assume interest rate parity holds for a four-year horizon. Assume that the spot rate of the Singapore dollar is $.60. If the forward rate is used to forecast exchange rates, what will be the forecast for the Singapore dollar’s spot rate in four years? What percentage appreciation or depreciation does this forecast imply over the four-year period?
