The exchange rate is .7663 U.S. dollars per Brazilian real. How many U.S. dollars are needed to purchase 8,200 Brazilian reals?

At today’s spot exchange rates 1 U.S. dollar can be exchanged for 9 Mexican pesos or for 111.23 Japanese yen. You have pesos that you would like to exchange for yen. What is the cross rate between the yen and the peso; thatis, how many yen would you receive for every peso exchanged?

A product sells for $1,000 in the U.S. If the exchange rate between $ and euro is $1 = 0.90 euro, and if ppp holds, what would be the price of the same product in europe?

In the spot market, 17.6 Mexican pesos can be exchangedfor 1 U.S. dollar. A compact disc costs $15 in the United States. If purchasing power parity(PPP) holds, what should be the price of the same disc in Mexico?

Currently, the USD/MXN rate is 19.7800 and the six-month forward exchange rate is 20.1700. The six-month interest rate is 4.9% per annum in the U.S. and 6.2% per annum in Mexico. Assume that you can borrow MXP10,000,000 or its equivalent in USD. How much do you make/lose if you borrow the foreign currency and invest locally? (USD, no cents)

Currently, the USD/MXN rate is 19.5300 and the three-month forward exchange rate is 20.8400. The three-month interest rate is 3.3% per annum in the U.S. and 6.3% per annum in Mexico. Assume that you can borrow MXP10,000,000 or its equivalent in USD. How much do you make/lose if you borrow locally and invest abroad? (USD, no cents)

Suppose a U.S. firm purchases some Chinese handicrafts. The china costs 1,000 Chinese yuan. At the exchange rate of $1.00 = 6.2 yuan, the dollar price of the goods is:

A bundle of goods in Japan costs ¥2,642,000 while the same goods and services cost $32,500 in the United States. a. If purchasing power parity holds, what is the current exchange rate of U.S. dollars for yen? b. If, over the next year, inflation is 8 percent in Japan and 10 percent in the United States, what will the goods cost next year? c. Will the dollar depreciate or appreciate relative to the yen over this time period?

Currently, the spot exchange rate is $1.59 per £ and the three-month forward exchange rate is $1.61 per £. The three-month interest rate is 8.0% per annum in the U.S. and 5.8% per annum in the U.K. Assume that you can borrow as much as $1,590,000 or £1,000,000. Required: Determine whether the interest rate parity is currently holding. If the IRP is not holding, how would you carry out covered interest arbitrage? What will be your arbitrage profit? Explain how the IRP will be restored as a result of covered arbitrage activities.

A U.S. firm buys merchandise from a Portuguese company at a cost of EUR 250,000.  The merchandise will not be delivered for six months and the U.S. firm does not have to pay for the product until it’s delivered.  The current EURUSD exchange rate is 1.0500 U.S. dollars per euro.  If the EURUSD exchange rate moves to 1.1500 in six months, when the U.S. firm finally needs to make the payment, will the U.S. firm be paying more or less for the merchandise in U.S. dollar terms?