Suppose your company imports computer motherboards from Singapore. The exchange rate is given in Figure 211. You have just placed an order for 30,000 motherboards at a cost to you of 218.50 Singapore dollars each. You will pay for the shipment when it arrives in 90 days. You can sell the motherboards for $185 each. What is your profit at the current exchange rate? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Profit at the current exchange rate ences What is your profit if the exchange rate goes up by 10 percent over the next 90 days? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Profit if the exchange rate up by 10% What is your profit if the exchange rate goes down by 10 percent over the next 90 days? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, What is your profit if the exchange rate goes down by 10 percent over the next 90 days? (Do not round intermediate calculations and round your answer to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16. A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign.) Profit if the exchange rate down by 10% What is the break-even exchange rate? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places, e.g.. 32.1616.) es Break-even exchange rate S$ IS What percentage rise or fall does this represent in terms of the Singapore dollar versus the U.S. dollar? (Input the value as a positive number. Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) Percentage change Currencies U.S.-dollar foreign-exchange rates in late New York trading US$ vs. YTD chg Chile peso 1 Mexico peso US$ vs, -Thurs - YTD chg Thurs- Country/currency in US$ per US$ %) Country/currency in US$ per US$ (%) Americas Europe Argentina peso .1250 19.800 -0.4 8.0001 22.7 Czech Rep. koruna .05050 Brazil real 4476 2.2339 -5.4 Denmark krone .1858 5.3816 -0.8 Canada dollar .9126 1.0958 3.2 Euro area euro 1.3869 .7210 -0.9 .001773 564.00 7.3 Hungary forint .004524 221.06 2.2 Colombia peso .0005169 1934.50 0.2 Norway Krone .1683 5.9433 -2.1 Ecuador US dollor 1 unch Poland zloty .3306 3.0246 0.1 .0767 13.0434 unch Russia ruble .02807 35.620 8.2 Peru new sol .3561 2.808 0.2 Sweden krona .1537 6.5068 1.1 Uruguay peso .04379 22.8355 7.8 Switzerland franc 1.1373 .8793 -1.5 Venezuela b. fuerte .157480 6.3500 unch 1-mos forward 1.1376 .8791 -1.6 3-mos forward 1.1381 .8786 -1.6 Asia-Pacific 6-mos forward 1.1391 .8779 -1.6 Australian dollar .9274 1.0783 -3.9 Turkey lira .4749 2.1057 -2.0 1-mos forward .9255 1.0805 -4.0 UK pound 1.6893 .5920 -2.0 3-mos forward .9216 1.0851 -4.0 1-mos forward 1.6889 .5921 -2.0 6-mos forward .9157 1.0920 -3.9 3-mos forward 1.6881 .5924 -2.0 .1598 6.2590 3.4 6-mos forward 1.6867 .5929 -2.0 Hong Kong dollar .1290 7.7528 unch .01663 60.150 -2.8 Middle East/Africa Indonesia rupiah .0000865 11555 -5.0 Bahrain dinar 2.6527 .3770 unch .009773 102.32 -2.8 Egypt pound .1427 7.0081 0.8 1-mos forward .009775 102.31 -2.9 Israel shekel .2896 3.4528 -0.5 3-mos forward 009778 102.27 -2.9 Jordan dinar 1.4123 .7081 0.1 6-mos forward 009784 102.21 -2.9 Kuwait dinar 3.5606 .2809 -0.6 Malaysia ringgit 3062 3.2659 -0.5 Lebanon pound .0006596 1516.10 0.7 New Zealand dollar .8633 11584 -4.8 Saudi Arabia riyal .2666 3.7507 unch 01014 98.645 -6.4 South Africa and .0953 10.4879 unch Philippines peso 0224 44.610 0.5 UAE dirham .2723 3.6731 unch Singapore dollar 7982 1.2528 -0.8 South Korea won 0009682 1032.80 -2.2 Close Net Chg %ChgYTD%Chg Talwan dollar .03305 30.256 1.1 Thailand baht 03090 32.367 -1.1 WSJ Dollar Index 72.85 -0.01 -0.01 -1.31 Vietnam dong .00004742 21090 -0.2 Sources: ICAP plc., WSJ Market Data Group China yuan India rupee Japan yen Pakistan rupee
