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Which of the following is indicated by research regarding purchasing power parity (PPP)?

Bank A quotes a bid rate of $0.300 and an ask rate of $0.305 for the Malaysian ringgit (MYR). Bank B quotes a bid rate of $0.306 and an ask rate of $0.310 for the ringgit. What will be the profit for an investor that has $500,000 available to conduct locational arbitrage?

Decisions by ________ about their holdings of currency and by ________ about their holdings of excess reserves affect the money supply.

Of the three players in the money supply process, most observers agree that the most important player is

In the market for reserves, if the federal funds rate is between the discount rate and the interest rate paid on excess reserves, an increase in the reserve requirement ________ the demand for reserves, ________ the federal funds rate, everything else held constant.

Lorre Company needs 200,000 Canadian dollars (C$) in 90 days and is trying to determine whether or not to hedge this position. Lorre has developed the following probability distribution for the Canadian dollar:  Possible Value of   Canadian Dollar in 90 Days Probability $0.54 15%   0.57 25%   0.58 35%   0.59 25% The 90-day forward rate of the Canadian dollar is $.575, and the expected spot rate of the Canadian dollar in 90 days is $.55. If Lorre implements a forward hedge, what is the probability that hedging will be more costly to the firm than not hedging?

While a weak currency can reduce unemployment at home, it can also lead to higher inflation, as local companies are better able to raise prices.

If a bank has excess reserves of $4,000 and demand deposit liabilities of $100,000, and if the reserve requirement is 10 percent, then the bank has total reserves of

Assume that Japan and the United States frequently trade with each other. Under the freely floating exchange rate system, high inflation in the U.S. will place ____ pressure on Japanese yen, ____ the amount of Japanese yen available for sale, and result in ____ inflation in Japan.

Treck Co. expects to pay €200,000 in one month for its imports from Greece. It also expects to receive €450,000 for its exports to Italy in one month. Treck Co. estimates the standard deviation of monthly percentage changes of the euro to be 3 percent over the last 40 months. Assume that these percentage changes are normally distributed. Using the value-at-risk (VAR) method based on a 95% confidence level, what is the maximum one-month loss in dollars if the expected percentage change of the euro during next month is -2%? Assume that the current spot rate of the euro (before considering the maximum one-month loss) is $1.23.