Kamada: CIA Japan (A). Takeshi Kamada, a foreign exchange trader at Credit Suisse (Tokyo), is exploring covered interest arbitrage possibilities. He wants to invest $4,900,000 or its yen equivalent, in a covered interest arbitrage between U.S. dollars and Japanese yen. He faced the following exchange rate and interest rate quotes. Is CIA profit possible? If how? So, Arbitrage funds available 4,900,000 118.52 Spot rate ($) 180-day forward rate ($I$) 117.84 U.S. dollar annual interest rate 4.802 % Japanese yen annual interest rate 3.394 % to lock in The CIA profit potential is %, which tells Takeshi Kamada that he should borrow and invest in the higher yielding currency, a covered interest arbitrage (CIA) profit. (Round to three decimal places and select from the drop-down menus.)