In May 1997, George Soros started shorting the Thai Baht for the U.S..dollar with a forward contract. As a result, the Thai Baht exchange rate.moved from 30 Bahts per dollar (May 1, 1997) to 31 Bahts per dollar (May31, 1997) in a month. If George Soros had a short position of 9,000,000Bahts forward contract at forward rate F1(Baht/$) = 45 on May 1, 1997,then his profit/loss in the forward trading would be $_ on May31, 1997. (Please keep the sign and two decimal places.)

To calculate George Soros's profit or loss from the forward contract, we'll follow these steps: 1.…

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