4 A respected economist recently predicted that even though Japanese inflation would not rise, Japanese interest rates would rise consistently over the next five years. Abend GmbH, a German firm with no foreign operations, has recently issued a Japanese yen-denominated bond to finance German operations.

It chose the yen denomination because the coupon rate was low. Its vice president stated, ‘I’m not concerned about the prediction because we issued fixed rate bonds and are therefore insulated from risk.’ Do you agree? Explain.