Chapter 12, Problem 4BIC

Suppose that California Co., a U.S. based MNC, seeks to capitalize a difference in interest rates between euros and British pounds via the use of a carry trade. In particular, after 1 month, funds invested in euros will yield a 0.50% percent return, while funds invested in pounds will yield a return of 2.00% percent. Currently the spot rate of the British pound is $1.00 while the spot rate of the euro is $0.80. In other words, the pound is worth 1.25 euros. California Co. expects these spot rates to remain constant over the next month.   After repaying their euro loan, California Co. has 211,200 pounds remaining. Assume that the exchange rate is still $1.00 per pound. These pounds are equivalent to $   , which represents a profit of $    over the initial $200,000 that California Co. used from their own funds.

Experts please reject this question - I'm testing a flow. Today, the US dollar is trading at ₵4.60, compared to ₵4.20 a year ago. What is the percentage appreciation/depreciation of the dollar relative to the cedi? What is the percentage appreciation/depreciation of the cedi relative to the dollar? Please comment on your results.

The chapter demonstrated that a firm borrowing in a foreign currency could potentially end up paying a very different effective rate of interest than what it expected. Using the same baseline values of a debt principal of SF1.5 million, a one year period, an initial spot rate of SF1.5000/$, a 5.000% cost of debt, and a 34% tax rate, what is the effective cost of debt for one year for a U.S. dollar-based company if the exchange rate at the end of the period was: a. SF1.5000/$ b. SF1.4400/$ c. SF1.3860/$ d. SF1.6240/%