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If the spot rate of the British pound is $1.50, and the one-year forward rate has a discount of 2 percent, the one-year forward rate is $____.

The ________ that required separation of commercial and investment banking was repealed in 1999.

The interest rate in the U.K. is 7%, while the interest rate in the U.S. is 5%. The spot rate for the British pound is $1.50. According to the international Fisher effect (IFE), the British pound should adjust to a new level of:

Assume that British interest rates are higher than U.S. rates, and that the spot rate equals the forward rate. Covered interest arbitrage puts ____ pressure on the pound’s spot rate, and ____ pressure on the pound’s forward rate.

Bank reserves include ___________________.

At Bunker Hill (Breed’s Hill), American militia ________ an army of British Redcoats.

American offensives in 1812 and 1813 are best described as

When a perfect hedge is not available to eliminate transaction exposure, the firm may consider methods to at least reduce exposure, such as ____.

In 1814, Andrew Jackson

If an MNC has a net inflow in one currency and a net outflow of about the same amount in another currency, then the MNCs’ transaction exposure is ____ if the two currencies are ____ correlated.