The interest rate in Japan is 0.5% and the interest rate in the US is 4.5%. The spot exchange rate is ¥100 per dollar and the one year ahead forward rate is ¥98 per dollar. What is the profit made via covered interest arbitrage if you start by borrowing 1 million yen and investing in the US market? Assume borrowing and lending rates are identical. State the profits in dollars.

Suppose you are a U.S. investor who is planning to invest $805,000 in Mexico. Your Mexican investment gains 10.2 percent. If the exchange rate moves from 12.4 pesos per dollar to 12.7 pesos per dollar over the period, what is your total return on this investment? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.) Total return 4

Please help and show calculation. Consider two companies: Honda and IBM. Honda wants to borrow US$ for the following 5 years at a fixed rate, while IBM wants to borrow Yen also for the following 5 years at a fixed rate. The rates available to two companies in US$ and Yen markets are shown below.   US$ Yen Honda 8.0% 7.6% IBM 5.4% 6.6% 1. What is the total gain from the currency swap? Which firm has the comparative advantage in US dollar market, IBM or Honda?

Suppose the inflation rate in Canada is 1 percent and the inflation rate in Mexico is 3 percent. If the nominal exchange rate in terms of Mexican pesos per Canadian dollar falls by 4 percent, by how much will the real exchange rate (in terms of Mexican goods per Canadian good) change?

You are given that the annual Australian dollar interest rate is 1% and the United States annual interest rate is 2.5%. The spot rate for the United States dollar is $A1.20. (a) Using interest rate parity, calculate the forward rate premium of the United States dollar with respect to the Australian dollar. (b) Using your answer to (a), calculate the one-year forward rate.

Suppose the annual rate of inflation in Taiwan is 6.66%, and the annual rate of inflation in Mexico is 5.99%. If the Mexican peso depreciates relative to the Taiwan dollar by 4% in real terms, then which of the following would be correct? a, Nominal exchange rate appreciation by 4.825%. b. Nominal exchange rate depreciation by 3.393%. c. Nominal exchange rate appreciation by 3.512%. d. Nominal exchange rate depreciation by 4.603%. e. There is no change in the nominal exchange rate.

The 1 year (lending or borrowing) rate in the UK is 8%; the 1 year (lending or borrowing) rate in the United States is 5%. Currently the spot exchange rate if $1.81 per British pound; the 1 year forward rate is $1.79 per British pound. If you are able to borrow $1,000,000 in the US to lend (as British pounds) in the UK, how much a risk free profit can you create over the next year? Give typing answer with explanation and conclusion

In June 2010, an investor is considering investing in bank deposits in Korea and Japan. Theannual interest rate on Korean deposits is 6.25%, versus 3.75% on deposits in Japan. Supposethat the forward rate (for June 2011) in June 2010 is equal to F(won/yen) = 8.2. In June 2010, theexpected exchange rate is 8.2 won/¥. For the remainder of this question, use the linearapproximations for uncovered and covered interest rate parity. The spot exchange rate in June2010 is E(won/yen) = 8 a. Does covered interest parity hold in this example?b. Does uncovered interest parity hold in this example?c. Suppose the exchange rate in June 2011 is equal to 7.472 won per yen. Calculate theinvestor’s actual return, assuming that he invests in Japanese deposits in June 2010.How do these answers compare with those from (b)?d. Consider two investors: one uses speculation and the other uses hedging. Based on yourprevious answers, which one earned a higher return (or smaller loss) on Japanese assetsbetween June…

suppose you purchased a 10 million one-year Australian dollar loan that pays 7 percent interest annually. The spot rate of U.S. dollars for Australian dollars (AUD/USD) is $0.820/A$1.  What is par value of the loan in U.S. dollars?

Suppose that the one-year U.S. interest rate is 8% and the equivalent one-year India interest rate is 12%. According to approximate covered interest parity, there is: Forward discount on dollar. Forward premium on dollar. Forward premium for Indian rupee. Forward flat on dollar.