Question
Given the following information: Belarusian Ruble (BYN), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), U.S. Dollar (USD), Russian Ruble (RUB), Turkish Lira (TRY) Belarus Interest Rate: 7.75%
Given the following information:
Belarusian Ruble (BYN), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), U.S. Dollar (USD), Russian Ruble (RUB), Turkish Lira (TRY)
Belarus Interest Rate: 7.75% p.a.
Euro Interest Rate: 0.1% p.a.
EUR/BYN 2.9459
1. What is the two-year EUR/BYN forward rate implied by interest rate parity?
2. Is this forward contract fairly valued, over-valued or undervalued?
3. Assuming no transaction costs, what is one transaction you might undertake to try to exploit an opportunity present in this data?
There is an There is no opportunity Buy EUR in the spot market Borrow EUR today Sell Euro Forward opportunity, but none of these actions should be taken
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International Economics Theory and Policy
Authors: Paul R. Krugman, Maurice Obstfeld, Marc Melitz
11th Edition
134519574, 9780134521046 , 978-0134519579
