Intermediate Financial Management
Intermediate Financial Management
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ISBN: 9780357516782
Author: Brigham, Eugene F., Daves, Phillip R.
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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To determine: Whether dollar buy more or fewer Swiss francs is the Swiss franc depreciates against Country U dollar.

Currency depreciation: Currency depreciation in a floating exchange rate system is a decline in the value of a currency. Due to factors such as economic fundamentals, interest rate differentials, political instability or investor risk aversion, currency depreciation can occur.

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Which of the following is an example of economic exposure but not an example of transaction exposure? A. A decrease in the Swiss franc's value decreases the dollar value of interest payments on a Swiss deposit sent to a U.S. firm by a Swiss bank. B. An increase in the pound's value increases the U.S. firm's cost of British pound payables. C. A decrease in the peso's value decreases a U.S. firm's dollar value of peso receivables. D. An increase in the dollar's value hurts a U.S. firm's domestic sales because foreign competitors are able to increase their sales to U.S. customers.
If the Swiss franc depreciates against the U.S. dollar, can a dollar buy moreor fewer Swiss francs as a result?
b. Why would one company with interest payments due in pounds sterling want to swap those payments for interest payments due in U.S. dollars? Write an example.
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