International Business 8th Edition by Charles Hill

Exercise 4

One component of learning about another country or region is to understand the relationship of its currency with others on the world currency market. As such, you are assigned the duty of ensuring the availability of 100,000 yen for a payment scheduled for next month. Considering that your company possesses only U.S. dollars, identify the spot and forward exchange rates . What are the factors that influence your decision to use each Which one would you choose How many dollars must you spend to acquire the amount of yen required