Your US Bank Issues a One-Year U

Your U.S. bank issues a one-year U.S. CD at 5 percent annual interest to finance a C $1.274 million (Canadian dollar) investment in two-year, fixed rate Canadian bonds selling at par and paying 7 percent annually. You expect to liquidate your position in one year. Currently, spot exchange rates are US $0.78493 per Canadian dollar.
-If in one year there is no change to either interest rates or exchange rates, what is the end-of-year profit or loss for the bank? (Hint: Annual interest is paid on both the Canadian bonds and the CD on the date of liquidation in exactly one year.)

A) Profit of US $20,000.
B) Loss of C $224,000.
C) Profit of US $50,000.
D) Profit of C $63,700.
E) Profit of US $313,000.

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