Question

You are an American, working for a US hospital. The hospital sells services to a French hospital. Given a depreciation of the Euro, your French subsidiary (the one that receives the revenues from the French Hospital) received a lesser income last year, although a clause in your contract stipulates adjustment payment in US dollars. Therefore, your subsidiary has a balance sheet loss, although your consolidated global result is positive. This type of foreign exchange risk is known as:

Answer 1

translation exposure

Step-by-step explanation:

Translation exposure is also known as translation risk. In this type of risk, the value of a company's assets, equities, income, or liabilities change due to changes in the exchange rate,

French subsidiary received a lesser income last year, although payment will be adjusted in US dollars as per the contract.

Due to this, the subsidiary has a balance sheet loss, although the consolidated global result is positive.

This type of foreign exchange risk is known as translation exposure.