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Use Table 27-1 to answer the following questions: a. How many Japanese yen do you get for your dollar? (Round your answer to 3 decimal

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Use Table 27-1 to answer the following questions:

a. How many Japanese yen do you get for your dollar? (Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

Amount

b. What is the one-month forward rate for yen? (Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Forward rate

c. Is the yen at a forward discount or premium on the dollar?
Discount
Premium

d.

Use the one-year forward rate to calculate the annual percentage discount or premium on yen. (Input the value as a positive value. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

(Click to select)Annual percentage premiumAnnual percentage discount %

e.

If the one-year interest rate on dollars is 1.5% annually compounded, what do you think is the one-year interest rate on yen? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

Interest rate %

f.

According to the expectations theory, what is the expected spot rate for yen in three months time?(Round your answer to 4 decimal places.)

Expected spot rate

g.

According to purchasing power parity theory, what then is the expected difference in the three-month rate of price inflation in the United States and Japan? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answer to 3 decimal places.)

Inflation in Japan over the 3 months is expected to be % (Click to select)greater thanless than in
TABLE 27.1 Spot and forward Forward Rate Abbreviation Spot Rate 1 Month 3 Month 1 Year exchange rates, January 27, 2012 Europe: Rates show the number of units of foreign currency per U.S. dollar, except for the euro and the UK pound, which show the number of U.S. dollars per unit of foreign currency 1.3136 6.814 Euro Sweden (krona) Switzerland (franc) United Kingdom (pound) SEK CHF GBP or 1.3132 6.7865 9188 1.5667 1.3133 6.7962 9185 1.5663 1.3160 6.8720 9120 1.5612 9176 1.5654 Americas: Brazil (real) Canada (dollar) Mexico (peso) BRL CAD MXN 1.7456 1.0016 12.9495 1.7575 1.0023 12.9814 1.7781 1.0037 13.0495 1.8643 1.0097 13.3785 Pacific/Middle East/Africa: 1.0573 6.305 7.7547 49.3100 76.7350 7.7754 1.0746 6.279 7.7530 50.4000 76.6595 7.8795 1.1069 6.2605 7.7481 52.3200 76.2820 8.1956 AUD CNY HKD Australia (dollar) China (yuan) Hong Kong (dollar) India (rupee) Japan (yen) South Africa (rand) South Korea (won) 1.0667 6.2945 7.7543 49.6725 76.7162 7.8100 JPY or Y ZAR KRW 1123.15 1125.65 1130.05 1140.95

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