If British pounds sell for $1.30 (U.S.) per pound, what should dollars sellfor in pounds per dollar?

The yield on a 1-year bill in the U. K. is 7% and the present exchange rate is 1 pound = U. S. $1.65. If you expect the exchange rate to be 1 pound = U. S. $1.45 a year from now, the return a U. S. investor can expect to earn by investing in U. K. bills is   a. 6.7% b. 3.2% c. 8% d. 5.97%

Suppose that California Co., a U.S. based MNC, seeks to capitalize a difference in interest rates between euros and British pounds via the use of a carry trade. In particular, after 1 month, funds invested in euros will yield a 0.50% percent return, while funds invested in pounds will yield a return of 2.00% percent. Currently the spot rate of the British pound is $1.00 while the spot rate of the euro is $0.80. In other words, the pound is worth 1.25 euros. California Co. expects these spot rates to remain constant over the next month.   After repaying their euro loan, California Co. has 211,200 pounds remaining. Assume that the exchange rate is still $1.00 per pound. These pounds are equivalent to $   , which represents a profit of $    over the initial $200,000 that California Co. used from their own funds.

Suppose that California Co., a U.S. based MNC, seeks to capitalize a difference in interest rates between euros and British pounds via the use of a carry trade. In particular, after 1 month, funds invested in euros will yield a 0.50% percent return, while funds invested in pounds will yield a return of 2.00% percent. Currently the spot rate of the British pound is $1.00 while the spot rate of the euro is $0.80. In other words, the pound is worth 1.25 euros. California Co. expects these spot rates to remain constant over the next month. After 1 month, California Co. now has 693,600 pounds after investing their converted pounds. However, it is now time for California Co. to repay the 600,000 euro loan. If California Co. borrowed these euros at the prevailing rate of 0.50% percent, they must repay a total of rate of 1.25, this repayment is equivalent to pounds. euros. At the cross pounds. Thus, after repaying the loan, California Co. will have