If the dollar interest rate is 10 percent, the euro interest rate is 6 percent, then an investor should be indifferent between dollars and euros if the expected dollar depreciation against the euro is 4 percent.
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- In which of the following situations would you prefer to be making a loan? A: The interest rate is 9 percent and the expected inflation rate is 7 percent. B: The interest rate is 4 percent and the expected inflation rate is 1 percent. C: The interest rate is 13 percent and the expected inflation rate is 15 percent. D: The interest rate is 25 percent and the expected inflation rate is 50 percent.
- If the nominal interest rate per year is 10 percent and the inflation rate is 4 percent, what is the real rate of interest? A: 10.0 percent B: 4.1 percent C: 5.8 percent D: 14.0 percent
- Which one of the following statements is the MOST accurate? A: A rise in the interest rate offered by dollar deposits causes the dollar to appreciate. B: A rise in the interest rate offered by dollar deposits causes the dollar to depreciate. C: A rise in the interest rate offered by dollar deposits does not affect the U.S. dollar. D: For a given euro interest rate and constant forward exchange rate, a rise in the interest rate offered by dollar deposits causes the dollar to appreciate.
- The duration of a ten - year, 10 percent coupon bond when the interest rate is 10 percent is 6.76 years. What happens to the price of the bond if the interest rate falls to 8 percent?
- When the exchange rate changes from 1.0 euros to the dollar to 1.2 euros to the dollar, then the euro has _________ and the dollar has _________. A: appreciated; appreciated B: depreciated; appreciated C: appreciated; depreciated D: depreciated; depreciated