Assume Switzerland has a one-year interest rate of 3% and that of Ghana is 16%. If the International Fisher Effect( IFE) holds, what would your forecast for Swiss franc exchange rate with respect to the cedi be for a one-year period? Assume that the initial exchange rate is 5000 cedis to a Swiss franc.

Use the following information for the next 2 questions. Assume that the U.S. one-year interest rate is 8% and the one-year interest rate on Australian dollars is 13%. The U.S. annual inflation is expected to be 5%, while the Australian annual inflation is expected to be 7%. The current spot exchange rate of an Australian dollar is $0.689. You have $100,000 to invest for one year. Question 4 (6.25 points) You believe that IFE holds. What will be the yield on your investment if you invest in the Australian market? (HINT: You believe that IFE holds, so the spot rate one year later is the rate obtained from IFE. Note that the interest rate given in the problem is the nominal rate.) 13.00% 8.00% 18.23% 7.16%

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.) % % %

If the current exchange rate is $1.90/£, the one-year forward exchange rate is $2.06/£, and the interest rate on British government bills is 5% per year, what risk-free dollar-denominated return can be locked in by investing in the British bills? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your percentage answer to 2 decimal places.)

Suppose that the current EUR/GBP exchange rate is £0.86 per euro. The current 6-month interest rates are: GBP 4%, EUR 6%. There are three 6-month forward contracts available, with the following exchange rates: Contract A B C EUR/GBP 0.86 0.85 0.90   You expect to incur an expense of €50,000 in six months. Can you identify any relevant risk in terms of the EUR/GBP exchange rate? Would you use any of the available forward contracts to hedge against this risk? Explain and provide an example.

If the Australian/US dollar exchange rate is 0.72 USD/AUD, US interest rates are 0.25% and Australian interest rates are 0.75% (both for 1 year), what should the 1-year forward USD/AUD exchange rate be?

Suppose the risk free rate in pounds is 5.12% and the risk free rate in US dollars is 7.71%. The current £ to $ exchange is 1.43. You and a broker want to agree an exchange rate now for a £ to $ conversion, but where the money will be exchanged in precisely 36 months time. What exchange rate (£ to $) should you and your broker use to ensure there is no arbitrage? Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

Suppose the spot price of a euro in dollars is $0.932. The U.S. interest rate for 90 days is 6.875% and the euro rate for 90 days is 4.450%. All interest calculations are done as rate times (#days/360).     a. What is the rate for a 90-day forward contract on the euro? b. Suppose the euro forward contract is currently quoted at $0.95. What type of transaction(s) should an arbitrageur conduct to take advantage of the apparent mispricing    Only typed answer

The one-year interest rate in Australia is given as 0.5% and the one year interest rate in New Zealand is given as 1%. The spot rate of the New Zealand dollar is A$0.95. You will receive 10,000 New Zealand dollars in one year.(a) Using the international Fisher effect, calculate the expected change in the exchange rate for the New Zealand dollar.(b) Using your answer to (a), calculate the amount of Australian dollars you will receive when converting the New Zealand dollars to Australian dollars in one year at the spot rate at that time.

Suppose the current exchange rate for the Polish zloty is Z3.3. The expected exchange rate in 5 years. The expected exchange rate in 5 years is Z3.56. What is the difference in the annual inflation rates for the United States and Poland over this period? Assume that the anticipated rate is constant for both countries.