Principles of Corporate Finance (Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)
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Author: Richard A Brealey, Stewart C Myers, Franklin Allen
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Chapter 27, Problem 21PS
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To discuss: The affects on each firm when the value of euros falls and the way the firms can hedge itself from exchange risk
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The pressures on the foreign exchange market are such that they cause the British pound to depreciate against the US dollar. If the British pound tries to maintain the exchange rate against the US dollar, which of the following pressures will stop the pressure to devalue the British pound?
a. Britain has to sell pounds to buy dollarsb. Britain will have to increase its money supply to create a domestic product
c. Britain must buy pounds and sell dollarsd. Britain should do nothing as a fixed interest rate does not change
Suppose the Japanese government pegs the yen to the U.S. dollar. What could the Japanese central bank do to prevent
depreciation of the yen against the dollar in the foreign exchange market?
It would lower interest rates to discourage exports to the United States.
It would increase its official reserve holdings by buying dollars in the foreign exchange market.
It would print new yen currency notes and exchange them for Japanese government bonds in an open market operation.
It would buy yen and sell dollars in the foreign exchange market.
Suppose a U.S. firm builds a factory in China, staffs it with Chinese workers, uses materials supplied by Chinese companies, and finances the entire operation with a loan from a Chinese bank located in the same town as the factory. This firm is most likely trying to greatly reduce, or eliminate, which one of the following?
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