An American manufacturing company has imported industrial machinery at a price of FC4.6 million. The machinery will be delivered and paid for in six months. For planning purposes, the American company wants to establish what the payment (in dollars) will be in six months. It decides to use the forward market to accomplish its objective. The company contacts its New York bank, which provides the following quotations:

The bank states that it will charge a commission of .25% on any transaction.
(a) Does the American company enter the forward market to go long or short of for ward FC?
(b) What is the equilibrium forward rate for the foreign currency expressed as FC/$?
(c) Does the commission increase or decrease the number of FC/$ in the transaction?
(d) What price in dollars can the American company establish by using the forward market in foreign currency units?

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FC 7% Six-month Eurocurrency rates Spot exchange rates 8% 2.08 FCAS S0.48/FC