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1) A company is working out of Vienna with operations in New York simultaneously calls Citibank in New York City and Barclays in London

Finance Feb 24, 2021

1) A company is working out of Vienna with operations in New York simultaneously calls Citibank in New York City and Barclays in London. The banks give the following quotes on the euro simultaneously. (3 marks) Citibank NYC Barclays London $1.2828–297€ $1.2824-25/€ Using $2 million or its euro equivalent, determine whether the corporate treasury could make geographic arbitrage profit with the two different exchange rate quotes.

2.You are given the following information: Quantity of imports Foreign currency price of imports Exchange rate (d/f) 20 1.50 Calculate the foreign currency and domestic currency values of imports. What will happen if the exchange rate falls to 1.20, assuming that the value of the elasticity of demand for imports is -0.1? (2.5 marks)

Expert Solution

1.Buy 1 Euro at 1.2825$ from Barclays London
Sell 1 Euro at 1.2828$ to Citibank NYC

Thus there is geographic arbitrage profit

Using 2 million dollars buy euros =2*10^6/1.2825=1559454.191 euros from Barclays
Sell euros and get =2*10^6/1.2825*1.2828 dollars =2000467.836 dollars from Citibank NYC

Arbitrage Profit=2000467.836-2000000=467.836 dollars

2.

Solution:

Quantity of imports = 400

Foreign currency Price = 20

Value of import in foreign currency = Quantity * Price = 400 *20 = 8000

Exchange rate = 1.50

Domestic currency price = Foreign currency price * Exchange rate = 20 *1.5 = 30

Value of import in foreign currency = Quantity * Price = 400 *30 = 12,000

Now when exchange rate falls to 1.20 then the quantity demanded will change

Change in price = Final price - Initial price = 1.2 *20 -1.5 *20 = -60

P = 1.5 *20 = 30

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