Use Eigure 211 to answer the following questions. 23 Suppose interest rate parity holds, and the current six-month risk-free rate in the United States is 1.3 percent The six-month risk-free rate in Great Britain, Japan, and Switzerland must be percent, and (Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) percent percent, respectively Skipped References Currencies U.S.-dollar foreign-exchange rates in late New York trading US$ vs YTD chg in US$ per US$ (%) US$ vs, ThursYTD chg in US$ per US$ (%) -Thurs Country/currency Country/currency Europe Americas Argentina peso Brazil real 8.0001 22.7 Czech Rep. koruna 2.2339 -5,4 Denmark krone 10958 564.00 19.800 -0.4 5.3816 0.8 .05050 1858 1.3869 004524 1683 3306 .02807 1537 1.1373 11376 1.1381 1.1391 4749 1.6893 1.6889 1.6881 1250 4476 .9126 7210-0.9 Euro area euro 3.2 7.3 Canada dollar Chile peso Colombia peso Ecuador US dollor Mexico peso Peru new sol Uruguay peso Venezuela b. fuerte 221.06 2.2 Hungary forint 0.2 001773 5.9433 -2.1 Norway krone Poland zloty Russia ruble Sweden krona Switzerland franc 1-mos forward 3-mos forward 6-mos forward .0005169 1934.50 1 0.1 3.0246 1 unch .0767 13.0434 unchr 0.2 35.620 8.2 6.5068 1.1 3561 2.808 -1.5 -1.6 -1.6 -1.6 -2.0 -2.0 -2.0 5924 -2.0 -2.0 8793 7.8 04379 22.8355 8791 8786 8779 157480 6.3500 unch Asia-Pacific Australian dollar 1-mos forward 3-mos forward 6-mos forward China yuan Hong Kong dollar India rupee Indonesia ruplah .0000865 Japan yen 1-mos forward 3-mos forward 6-mos forward Malaysia ringgit New Zealand dollar Pakistan rupee Philippines peso Singapore dollar 2.1057 -3.9 Turkey lira .9274 9255 9216 9157 1598 1290 01663 1.0783 UK pound 1-mos forward 5920 5921 1.0805 4.0 1.0851-4.0 -3.9 3-mos forward 6-mos forward 1.0920 5929 1.6867 6.2590 3.4 7.7528 unch Middle East/Africa 60.150 11555-5.0 Bahrain dinar 102.32 102.31-2.9 102.27 -2.9 102.21 3.2659 0.5 Lebanon pound 11584 98.645 44.610 1.2528 0.8 -2.8 2.6527 1427 2896 1.4123 3.5606 0006596 3770 unch 7.0081 3.4528 7081 2809 1516.10 2666 3.7507 unch ,0953 10.4879 unch 3.6731 unch -2.8 Egypt pound 009773 0.8 009775 009778 009784 3062 8633 01014 Israel shekel 0.5 Jordan dinar 0.1 -2.9 -0.6 0.7 Kuwait dinar -4.8 Saudi Arabia riyal -6.4 South Africa rand 0.5 UAE dirham 0224 7982 South Korea won .0009682 1032.80 -2.2 03305 03090 00004742 2723 Net Chg% ChgYTD% Chg Close Taiwan dollar Thailand baht Vietnam dong 30.256 -1.1 32.367 21090-0.2 1.1 WSJ Dollar Index 72.85-0.01 -0.01-1.31 Sources: ICAP plc, WSJ Market Data Group
