Question

Use the information below to answer the following questions. Currency per U.S. $ Australia dollar 1.2377 6-months forward 1.2356 Japan Yen 100.3300 6-months forward 100.0500 U.K. Pound .6792 6-months forward .6781 Suppose interest rate parity holds, and the current six month risk-free rate in the United States is 5 percent. Use the approximate interest rate parity equation to answer the following questions. a. What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Australia

Answer 1

Missing word "a. What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Japan"

a. Spot rate = 1 US $ = 1.2377 Aus.dollar

Forward rate = 1 US $ = 1.2356 Aus.dollar

1.2356 = (1 + i Ad)

1.2377 (1 + 0.05)

0.9983 * (1.05) = 1 + i.Ad

1.048215 = 1 + i.Ad

i.Ad = 1.048215 - 1

i.Ad = 0.048215

i.Ad = 4.82%

b. Spot rate = 1 US $ = 100.3300 Japan Yen

Forward rate = 1 US $ = 100.0500 Japan Yen

100.0500 = (1 + i Ad)

100.3300 (1 + 0.05)

0.9972 * (1.05) = 1 + i.Ad

1.04706 = 1 + i.Ad

i.Ad = 1.04706 - 1

i.Ad = 0.04706

i.Ad = 4.71%