FIN 535 Week 11 Final Exam – Strayer New



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Chapters 8 Through 21

Chapter 8—Relationships among Inflation, Interest Rates, and Exchange Rates

     1.   Assume a two-country world: Country A and Country B. Which of the following is correct about purchasing power parity (PPP) as related to these two countries?
a.
If Country A's inflation rate exceeds Country B's inflation rate, Country A's currency will weaken.
b.
If Country A's interest rate exceeds Country B's inflation rate, Country A's currency will weaken.
c.
If Country A's interest rate exceeds Country B's inflation rate, Country A's currency will strengthen.
d.
If Country B's inflation rate exceeds Country A's inflation rate, Country A's currency will weaken.


          

     2.   Given a home country and a foreign country, purchasing power parity (PPP) suggests that:
a.
a home currency will depreciate if the current home inflation rate exceeds the current foreign interest rate.
b.
a home currency will appreciate if the current home interest rate exceeds the current foreign interest rate.
c.
a home currency will appreciate if the current home inflation rate exceeds the current foreign inflation rate.
d.
a home currency will depreciate if the current home inflation rate exceeds the current foreign inflation rate.


          
          

     3.   The international Fisher effect (IFE) suggests that:
a.
a home currency will depreciate if the current home interest rate exceeds the current foreign interest rate.
b.
a home currency will appreciate if the current home interest rate exceeds the current foreign interest rate.
c.
a home currency will appreciate if the current home inflation rate exceeds the current foreign inflation rate.
d.
a home currency will depreciate if the current home inflation rate exceeds the current foreign inflation rate.


          
          

     4.   Because there are a variety of factors in addition to inflation that affect exchange rates, this will:
a.
reduce the probability that PPP shall hold.
b.
increase the probability that PPP shall hold.
c.
increase the probability the IFE will hold.
d.
B and C


          
          

     5.   Because there are sometimes no substitutes for traded goods, this will:
a.
reduce the probability that PPP shall hold.
b.
increase the probability that PPP shall hold.
c.
increase the probability the IFE will hold.
d.
B and C


          
          

     6.   According to the IFE, if British interest rates exceed U.S. interest rates:
a.
the British pound's value will remain constant.
b.
the British pound will depreciate against the dollar.
c.
the British inflation rate will decrease.
d.
the forward rate of the British pound will contain a premium.
e.
today's forward rate of the British pound will equal today's spot rate.


          
          

     7.   Given a home country and a foreign country, the international Fisher effect (IFE) suggests that:
a.
the nominal interest rates of both countries are the same.
b.
the inflation rates of both countries are the same.
c.
the exchange rates of both countries will move in a similar direction against other currencies.
d.
none of the above


          
          

     8.   Given a home country and a foreign country, purchasing power parity suggests that:
a.
the inflation rates of both countries will be the same.
b.
the nominal interest rates of both countries will be the same.
c.
A and B
d.
none of the above


          
          

     9.   If interest rates on the euro are consistently below U.S. interest rates, then for the international Fisher effect (IFE) to hold:
a.
the value of the euro would often appreciate against the dollar.
b.
the value of the euro would often depreciate against the dollar.
c.
the value of the euro would remain constant most of the time.
d.
the value of the euro would appreciate in some periods and depreciate in other periods, but on average have a zero rate of appreciation.


          
          

   10.   If the international Fisher effect (IFE) did not hold based on historical data, then this suggests that:
a.
some corporations with excess cash can lock in a guaranteed higher return on future foreign short-term investments.
b.
some corporations with excess cash could have generated profits on average from covered interest arbitrage.
c.
some corporations with excess cash could have generated higher profits on average from foreign short-term investments than from domestic short-term investments.
d.
most corporations that consistently invest in foreign short-term investments would have generated the same profits (on average) as from domestic short-term investments.


          


   11.   Under purchasing power parity, the future spot exchange rate is a function of the initial spot rate in equilibrium and:
a.
the income differential.
b.
the forward discount or premium.
c.
the inflation differential.
d.
none of the above


          

   12.   According to the international Fisher effect, if U.S. investors expect a 5% rate of domestic inflation over one year, and a 2% rate of inflation in European countries that use the euro, and require a 3% real return on investments over one year, the nominal interest rate on one-year U.S. Treasury securities would be:
a.
2%.
b.
3%.
c.
−2%.
d.
5%.
e.
8%.


          

   13.   According to the international Fisher effect, if investors in all countries require the same real rate of return, the differential in nominal interest rates between any two countries:
a.
follows their exchange rate movement.
b.
is due to their inflation differentials.
c.
is zero.
d.
is constant over time.
e.
C and D


          
          

   14.   Assume that U.S. and British investors require a real return of 2%. If the nominal U.S. interest rate is 15%, and the nominal British rate is 13%, then according to the IFE, the British inflation rate is expected to be about ____ the U.S. inflation rate, and the British pound is expected to ____.
a.
2 percentage points above; depreciate by about 2%
b.
3 percentage points above; depreciate by about 3%
c.
3 percentage points below; appreciate by about 3%
d.
3 percentage points below; depreciate by about 3%
e.
2 percentage points below; appreciate by about 2%


          
          

   15.   Assume U.S. and Swiss investors require a real rate of return of 3%. Assume the nominal U.S. interest rate is 6% and the nominal Swiss rate is 4%. According to the international Fisher effect, the franc will ____ by about ____.

a.
appreciate; 3%

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