How is the London Interbank Offer Rate (LIBOR) used in the Eurocredit market when a loan is extended to a non-bank borrower?

How might thetreasurer of a multinational firm use the interest rate parity concept (a) when deciding howto invest the firm’s surplus cash and (b) whendeciding where to borrow funds on a short-termbasis?

What is sovereign risk and what is the difference between rescheduling and repudiation? What is total debt service ratio and how is it calculated? Find the total debt service ratio of a country. See if you can also find an example of a country, or countries, that Western banks currently have exposure to.

What is a currency board? Describe the strict rules about the composition of reserves and domestic credit that apply to this type of monetary arrangement.  

L A Moving to another question will save this response. Question 1 Which of the following statements is (are) true? (i) Bank certificates of deposits are capital market instruments. (ii) A dollar-denominated deposit at a Chinese bank located in Japan is called Eurodollar. (iii) An overnight repurchase agreement is similar to an overnight collateralized loan. O (i) and (iii) only (ii) and (iii) only (i) and (ii) and (iii) O (i) and (ii) only A Moving to another question will save this response.

Which of the statement is incorrect? i) Eurobond is a bond issued by an international investor and sold to borrowers in countries with currencies other than the currency in which the bond is denominated. ii) Foreign bond is a bond issued in a host country’s financial market, in the host country’s currency, by a foreign borrower. iii) Eurobond is a bond issued by an international borrower and sold to investors in countries with currencies other than the currency in which the bond is denominated. iv) In contrast, a foreign bond is a bond issued in a host country’s financial market, in the foreign currency, by a foreign borrower.

Why is credit risk management important and what are the features of a loan or debt instrument it determines? What is the difference between a spot loan and revolving loan? What is loan commitment? What are the different rates that have replaced LIBOR and in what countries/economic blocs are they used in? What are the borrower and market specific factors that impact the return on a loan for a financial institution? Are higher interest rates a restrictive or stimulative form of monetary policy and explain your answer?

D3) Finance Use covered interest rate parity (CIP) to show that a fixed exchange rate and free capital flows imply that a central bank cannot set the interest rate independently from the interest rate set by the reference currency's central bank.