Assume the following  information: Quoted Price Value of Canadian dollar in U.S. dollars                                           $.90 Value of New Zealand dollar in U.S. dollars                                    $.30 Value of Canadian dollar in New Zealand dollars                     NZ$3.02 Given  this information,  is triangular  arbitrage possible?   If so, explain  the steps that would reflect triangular arbitrage, and compute the profit from this strategy if you had $1,000,000  to use. What market  forces would  occur  to eliminate   any  further  possibilities   of triangular arbitrage?

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Assume the following  information:

Quoted Price

Value of Canadian dollar in U.S. dollars                                           $.90

Value of New Zealand dollar in U.S. dollars                                    $.30

Value of Canadian dollar in New Zealand dollars                     NZ$3.02

Given  this information,  is triangular  arbitrage possible?   If so, explain  the steps that would reflect triangular arbitrage, and compute the profit from this strategy if you had $1,000,000  to use. What market  forces would  occur  to eliminate   any  further  possibilities   of triangular arbitrage?                                                                                                                 

a) Diamond Bank expects that the Singapore dollar will depreciate against the dollar from its spot rate of $.43 to $.42 in 60 days. The following interbank lending and borrowing  rates exist:

 

Lending Rate

Borrowing Rate

U.S. dollar

7.0%

7.2%

Singapore dollar

22.0%

24.0%

Diamond Bank considers borrowing 10 million  Singapore dollars in the interbank market and investing  the funds in dollars for 60 days. Estimate the profits (or losses) that could be earned from this strategy. Should  Diamond Bank pursue this strategy? 

b) If there is 10% inflation  in  Brazil,  15% inflation  in  Argentina,  and the Argentine  peso weakens by 21% relative to the Brazilian  real, by how much has the peso strengthened or weakened in real terms.  What effect do you expect that this change in the real exchange rate would have on trade between the two countries?                                         

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