Question 3Assuming the following quotes, calculate how a market trader at Citibank with $1,000,000can make an intermarket arbitrage profit.:Citibank quotes U.S. dollar per pound:National Westminster quotes euros per pound:Deut$1.5900/£€1.2000/£quotes U.S. dollar per euro:$0.7550/€Question 4The Venezuelan government officially floated the Venezuelan bolivar (Bs) in February of2002. Within weeks, its value had moved from the pre-float fix of BS774/S to Bs1028/S.a. Is this a devaluation or depreciation?b. By what percentage did its value change?

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