IBM purchased computer chips from NEC, a Japanese electronics concern, and was billed¥250 million payable in three months. Currently, the spot exchange rate is #105/$ and thethree-month forward rate is ¥100/$. The three-month money market interest rate is 8percent per annum in the United States and 7 percent per annum in Japan. The managementof IBM decided to use a money market hedge to deal with this yen account payable.a. Explain the process of a money market hedge and compute the dollar cost of meeting theyen obligation.b. Conduct a cash flow analysis of the money market hedge.

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