Given the following information on foreign currency positions (all in $ thousands) for Eastpac Bank. Currency Assets Liabilities FX Bought FX Sold Euro 270 70 170 320 Yen 90 20 20 100 220 What is Eastpac Bank's net exposure (in $ thousands) in Japanese Yen and its exposure to the fluctuation in the AU$/Japanese Yen exchange rate? O a. -50, exposed to the depreciation in Japanese Yen b. +50, exposed to the appreciation in Japanese Yen Oc. 0, not exposed to the fluctuation in Japanese Yen exchange rate Od. -50, exposed to the appreciation in Japanese Yen e. +50, exposed to the depreciation in Japanese Yen

Given the following information on foreign currency positions (all in $ thousands) for Eastpac Bank. Currency Assets Liabilities FX Bought FX Sold Euro 270 70 170 320 Yen 90 20 20 100 220 What is Eastpac Bank's net exposure (in $ thousands) in Japanese Yen and its exposure to the fluctuation in the AU$/Japanese Yen exchange rate? O a. -50, exposed to the depreciation in Japanese Yen b. +50, exposed to the appreciation in Japanese Yen Oc. 0, not exposed to the fluctuation in Japanese Yen exchange rate Od. -50, exposed to the appreciation in Japanese Yen e. +50, exposed to the depreciation in Japanese Yen

Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy (MindTap Course List)

13th Edition

ISBN:9781305280601

Author:William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder

Publisher:William J. Baumol, Alan S. Blinder

Chapter19: The International Monetary System: Order Or Disorder

Section: Chapter Questions

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