Use Figure 21.1 to answer the following questions. Suppose interest rate parity holds, and the current six-month risk-free rate in Canada is 1.8%. What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Great Britain? In Japan? In the European Union? 

Data in Figure 21.1

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A US$ buys: Canada $ Euro Japan yen British pound Swiss franc Australia $ Mexico peso Hong Kong $ Singapore $ Chinese renminbi India rupee Russia rouble Brazil real Israel shekel Latest Prev. Day % Wk % 4-wk % Inverse day ch ch ch 3.5 2.2 nil 1.2954 1.2852 0.8 0.8431 0.8384 1.3 109.1054 122.8155 0.5 0.7382 0.6445 0.2 0.9 1.0018 0.9382 1.2 0.6 1.3428 1.3433 0.5 1.5 19.5819 15.7101 nil -0.2 nil 7.8496 7.7512 nil 1.3408 1.3512 0.4 6.3713 6.2089 nil 67.1779 63.3715 0.1 63.5052 56.3868 0.3 nil 3.5649 3.1613 -0.7 -0.3 3.6177 3.7655 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.7 SPOT EXCHANGE RATES 0.5 1.5 4.9 1.9 nil 0.8 nil nil 0.3 -1.0 3.7 1.4 0.2 -1.7 0.6 rate A CAD$ buys: Latest 0.7837 1.1010 0.0081 1.5486 1.0534 0.7404 0.0636 0.1290 0.7368 0.1611 0.0158 0.0177 0.3185 0.2650 US$ Euro Japan yen UK pound Swiss franc Australia $ Mexico peso Hong Kong Singapore $ China renminbi India rupee Russia rouble Brazil real Israel shekel Prev Day% day ch 0.7898 -0.8 -1.0 -3.4 1.2760 0.7837 0.7118 0.7080 0.5 -0.4 -1.2 96.7324 96.9992 -0.3 -0.3 -3.4 0.0103 1.4048 0.1646 0.5060 0.5090 -0.6 -0.2 -2.9 1.9761 0.7439 0.7410 0.4 -0.4 -2.0 1.3442 1.0585 1.0609 -0.2 0.5 1.3 0.9448 12.3161 12.4078 -0.7 -1.2 -1.6 0.0812 6.0753 6.1218 -0.8 -1.0 -3.4 1.0637 1.0672 -0.3 -0.4 -2.6 4.8642 4.9037 -0.8 -1.1 -3.4 49.7266 50.0505 -0.6 -0.7 -4.3 44.3232 44.5341 -0.5 -1.0 0.2 2.4604 2.4968 -1.5 -1.3 -2.1 2.9572 2.9740 -0.6 0.9401 0.2056 0.0201 0.0226 0.4064 -0.8 -5.0 0.3382 Wk % 4-wk % Inverse rate ch ch