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Assume the Fed desires to strengthen the dollar. If it buys dollars and simultaneously buys Treasury securities, this is an example of sterilized intervention.

Consider an MNC that is exposed to the Taiwan dollar (TWD) and the Egyptian pound (EGP). 25% of the MNC’s funds are Taiwan dollars and 75% are pounds. The standard deviation of exchange movements is 5% for Taiwan dollars and 7% for pounds. The correlation coefficient between movements in the value of the Taiwan dollar and the pound is .7. Based on this information, the standard deviation of this two-currency portfolio is approximately:

Given a home country and a foreign country, purchasing power parity suggests that:

Briefly discuss why it is a problem to have banks that are considered too-big-to-fail, along with how the concern is currently managed and may be managed through future regulation.

Products and services are generally becoming ________ standardized across countries, which tends to _________ the globalization of business.

Because there are sometimes no substitutes for traded goods, this will:

You just received a gift from a friend consisting of 1,000 Thai baht, which you would like to exchange for Australian dollars (A$). You observe that exchange rate quotes for the baht are currently $.023, while quotes for the Australian dollar are $.576. How many Australian dollars should you expect to receive for your baht?

All else the same, if a bank’s liabilities are more sensitive to interest rate fluctuations than are its assets, then ________ in interest rates will ________ bank profits.

Spears Co. will receive SF1,000,000 in 30 days. Use the following information to determine the total dollar amount received (after accounting for the option premium) if the firm purchases and exercises a put option:  Exercise price = $.62 Premium = $.02 Spot rate = $.61 Expected spot rate in 30 days = $.57 30-day forward rate = $.63

According to the international Fisher effect, if U.S. investors expect a 5% rate of domestic inflation over one year, and a 2% rate of inflation in European countries that use the euro, and require a 3% real return on investments over one year, the nominal interest rate on one-year U.S. Treasury securities would be: