Suppose that a US Multinational firm can borrow in NY from JP Morgan at 3.5%. The CEO of the MNC is looking for several markets with lower interest rates to see if she can reduce their USD borrowing costs. The CEO's assistant gathers following data to help her to make the decision: Pariaba in Paris offers a loan in Euros at 4%; current spot rate of EUR is S=$1.1930/ Euro; a 1 year forward rate available at F=1.1810 Nippon Bank, Tokyo offers a loan in JPY at 1.5%; current spot rate of JPY is S=USD/JPY 120 ; and 1 year forward rate available at F=USD/JPY118 Macquarie Bank, in Sydney offers a loan in AUD at 4.5%; current spot rate of AUD is S=AUD/USD 0.7698; and 1 year forward rate available at F=AUD /USD 0.7505 Assuming that all banks and forward contracts are equally safe; where should the US MNC borrow? In Paris at USD cost of 2.95% In Tokyo at USD cost of 3.22% In Sydney at USD cost of 1.88% In Paris at USD Cost of 2.05% In Tokyo at USD cost of 1.5% In NY at USD cost of 3.5%