Exam 5: The Market for Foreign Exchange

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The current exchange rate is £1.00 = $2.00.Compute the correct balances in Bank A's correspondent account(s)with Bank B if a currency trader employed at Bank A buys £45,000 from a currency trader at Bank B for $90,000 using its correspondent relationship with Bank B.

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The current spot exchange rate is $1.55/€ and the three-month forward rate is $1.50/€.Based on your analysis of the exchange rate,you are confident that the spot exchange rate will be $1.52/€ in three months.Assume that you would like to buy or sell €1,000,000.What actions do you need to take to speculate in the forward market?

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In conversation,interbank foreign exchange traders use a shorthand abbreviation in expressing spot currency quotations.Consider a $/£ bid-ask quote of $1.2519-$1.2523.The currency dealer would likely quote that as ________.

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Restate the following one-,three-,and six-month outright forward American term bid-ask quotes in forward points: S(\ /SFI) = 0.8500 - 0.8505 (\ /SFI) = 0.8505 - 0.8505 (\ /SFI) = 0.8510 - 0.8520 (\ /SFI) = 0.8515 - 0.8530

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An exchange-traded fund (ETF)is

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The AUD/$ spot exchange rate is AUD1.60/$ and the SF/$ is SF1.25/$.The AUD/SF cross exchange rate is ________.

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The €/$ spot exchange rate is $1.50/€ and the 90-day forward premium is 10 percent.Find the 90-day forward price.

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On average,worldwide daily trading of foreign exchange is closest to

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 Country USD equiv.     Currency per USD  
   Tuesday  Monday  Tuesday  Monday
 U.K. (Pound)  1.7368  1.7424  0.5758  0.5739
 1 Month Forward  1.7369  1.7425  0.5757  0.5739
 3 Months Forward  1.738  1.7434  0.5754  0.5736
 6 Months Forward  1.7409  1.7461  0.5744  0.5727
 Canada (Dollar)  0.8667  0.8653  1.1538  1.1557
 1 Month Forward  0.8674  0.866  1.1529  1.1547
 3 Months Forward  0.8688  0.8674  1.151  1.1529
 6 Months Forward  0.8708  0.8693  1.1484  1.1504
 Japan (Yen)  0.008518  0.008495  117.3985  117.7163
 1 Month Forward  0.008548  0.008525  116.0631  117.3021
 3 Months Forward  0.008616  0.008593  116.0631  116.3738
 6 Months Forward  0.008724  0.0087  114.6263  114.9425
 Switzerland (Franc)  0.7648  0.7652  1.3075  1.3068
 1 Month Forward  0.767  0.7674  1.3038  1.3031
 3 Months Forward  0.7718  0.7722  1.2957  1.295
 6 Months Forward  0.7791  0.7794  1.2835  1.283
 Euro  1.2000  1.1906  0.8333  0.8399
Using the table,what is the Canadian dollar-euro spot cross-exchange rate?

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Americar Terns Europearl Terms Bark Quotations Bid Ask Bid Ask British pounds \ 1.9712 \ 1.9717 £ 0.5072 £ 0.5073 Euros \ 1.4738 \ 1.4742 0.6783 0.6785 Using the table above,what is the ask price of pounds in terms of euro?

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Suppose you observe the following exchange rates: €1 = $1.45; £1 = $1.90.Calculate the euro-pound exchange rate.

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Bank dealers in conversations among themselves use a shorthand notation to quote bid and ask forward prices in terms of forward points.Complete the following table: Spot Farvird Paint Quntations 1.9072-1.9077 One-morth 32-30 Three-mont 57-54 1.9015-1.9023 Six-rmorth 145-138 1.8927-1.8939

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A dealer in British pounds who thinks that the pound is about to depreciate

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Bank dealers in conversations among themselves use a shorthand notation to quote bid and ask forward prices in terms of forward points.This is convenient because

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Which of the following are correct?

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Relative to the spot price,the forward price is

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The standard size foreign exchange transactions are for

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The difference between a broker and a dealer is

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Suppose a bank customer with €1,000,000 wishes to trade out of euro and into Japanese yen.The dollar-euro exchange rate is quoted as $1.60 = €1.00 and the dollar-yen exchange rate is quoted at $1.00 = ¥120.How many yen will the customer get?

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Suppose you observe the following exchange rates: €1 = $1.25; £1 = $2.00.Calculate the euro-pound crossrate.

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