Use Figure 21.1 to answer the following questions. 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 percent, and percent, respectively. (Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) (643x772) + edia/Connect_Production/bne/Ross_FCF_12e/Figure_21.1.jpg its, us... US$ vs. Chile peso Currencies U.S.-dollar foreign-exchange rates in late New York trading US$ vs. Thurs - YTD chg -Thurs - YTD chg Country/currency in US$ per US$ (%) Country/currency in US$ per US$ (%) Americas Europe Argentina peso 1250 8.0001 22.7 Czech Rep. koruna .05050 19.800 -0.4 Brazil real .4476 2.2339 -5.4 Denmark krone 1858 5.3816 -0.8 Canada dollar 9126 1.0958 3.2 Euro area euro 13869 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 1 unch Poland zloty .3306 3.0246 0.1 Mexico peso .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 1.1584 -4.8 Saudi Arabia riyal .2666 3.7507 unch Pakistan rupee .01014 98.645 -6.4 South Africa rand .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 Taiwan 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 O . 52
