Galaxy Sun Corp., a U.S.-based company, conducts hundreds of business transactions in South Korea. For planning purposes, the company needs to know the estimates of the five-year spot rate for the won per dollar. The company needs to find these estimates, so the finance department's forecasting team has gathered the following information: - Inflation in South Korea is expected to be 6.0% on average for the next five years, and inflation in the United States is expected to be 3.0% on average for the same period. - The yield on five-year South Korean government bonds is 10.5% per year, whereas the yield on five-year U.S. government bonds is 7.5% per year. - The current exchange rate is 0.0009141 dollars per won (USD/KRW). The forecasting team also took into account the differences in the political risk of the two countries. They accounted one percentage point of this yield differential for political risk differences between the United States and South Korea, with the United States perceived as having the lower political risk. Thus, the comparable yield on the five-year South Korean government bonds would actually be 9.5%. If the real rates in the two countries are equalized, the difference observed in the yield is likely to be due to The team's forecast of the five-year future spot rate for the won (versus the U.S. dollar) using the information available is: 0.000897 dollars per won 0.000797 dollars per won 0.000834 dollars per won 0.004899 dollars per won Thus, the value of the U.S. dollar will against the won in five years. Galaxy Sun Corp., a U.S.-based company, conducts hundreds of business transactions in South Korea. For planning purposes, the company needs to know the estimates of the five-year spot rate for the won per dollar. The company needs to find these estimates, so the finance department's forecasting team has gathered the following information: - Inflation in South Korea is expected to be 6.0% on average for the next five years, and inflation in the United States is expected to be 3.0% on average for the same period. - The yield on five-year South Korean government bonds is 10.5% per year, whereas the yield on five-year U.S. government bonds is 7.5% per year. - The current exchange rate is 0.0009141 dollars per won (USD/KRW). The forecasting team also took into account the differences in the political risk of the two countries. They accounted one percentage point of this yield differential for political risk differences between the United States and South Korea, with the United States perceived as having the lower political risk. Thus, the comparable yield on the five-year South Korean government bonds would actually be 9.5%. If the real rates in the two countries are equalized, the difference observed in the yield is likely to be due to The team's forecast of the five-year future spot rate for the won (versus the U.S. dollar) using the information available is: 0.000897 dollars per won 0.000797 dollars per won 0.000834 dollars per won 0.004899 dollars per won Thus, the value of the U.S. dollar will against the won in five years
