Costless Group has a subsidiary in France, ABC Stores. ABC Stores’ beginning and ending trial balances, in its functional currency, the euro, are below.

Additional information (in thousands):
1. Plant assets costing €1,520,000 were acquired on July 6, when the exchange rate was \($1.30/€.\)
2. Included in operating expenses is € 1,200,000 in depreciation on plant assets.
3. Sales revenue, purchases, and out of pocket operating expenses were incurred evenly during the year.
4. Changes in receivables and accounts payable occurred evenly during the year. The accounts payable are amounts owed to merchandise suppliers.\)
5. ABC borrowed €400,000 when the exchange rate was \($1.29/€.
6. Other exchange rates were: January 1, \($1.28/€;\) December 31, \($1.34/€;\) average for the year, \($1.32/€.\)

Required 

Prepare a statement of cash flows for ABC Stores, in euros, and then convert the statement into U.S. dollars. Use the direct format for the operating section of the statement. Include a computation of the effect of exchange rate changes on cash.

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(in thousands) Cash... Receivables January 1 30,000 140,000 Dr (Cr) December 31 40,000 160,000 Inventories.. 200,000 400,000 Plant assets, net. 1,680,000 2,000,000 Accounts payable.. (150,000) (200,000) Loans payable (600,000) (1,000,000) Capital stock (500,000) (500,000) Retained earnings, January (800,000) (800,000) Sales revenue. (10,000,000) Cost of goods sold. Operating expenses. 6,000,000 3,900,000 0