Why are floating rates considered to be superior to fixed rates in dealing with major shocks such as oil price increases? Explain why floating exchange rates did not produce a reduction in the US balance of payments deficit during the early 1980s? Describe the system that was developed to replace floating exchange rates. First we need to explain what fixed and floating exchange rates are. Fixed exchange rate regime is a regime in which central banks buy and sell their own currencies to keep
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International School of Business‚ Daejeon‚ South Korea. ayem2011@solbridge.ac.kr Jin-sang‚ Lee Specialist Professor‚ Duksung Women’s University‚ Seoul‚ South Korea. jinslee0209@duksung.ac.kr Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate how depreciation could affect the export sector in selected Asian countries. Theoretically‚ depreciation will bring positive impact on trade balance. However‚ it is only possible when the sum of the elasticities of demand for export commodities and demand
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Case: Tiffany & Co. (1) What (if any) are the problems confronting the company? Because of Tiffany’s large exposure in Japan‚ it is severely adversely affected by the yen/dollar exchange rate fluctuation and needs to determine the best way to hedge against this risk. (2) How did the problems arise? Tiffany was assuming control of its operations in Japan‚ which had previously been managed entirely by Mitsukoshi. With this greater control over its sales in Japan came much increased exposure
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1. Exchange rate point of view. From the story‚ Tiffany bought the property and inventory from Japan Mitsukosi. It will expose to the exchange rate translation risk. So it should do the risk management. The analysis structure will be that: (1) Define the risk source: the exchange rate flucturation‚ the cash flows of different currencies from asset change‚ account receivable and account payable. (2) Define the scope of risk control: the natural currency settlement hedging‚ the overflow exchange
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What are the main risks faced by banks and how does a bank attempt to manage these risks? A Bank is a financial intermediary that acts as an economic firm producing goods and services. With this view in mind it’s easy to see that a bank exists to make a profit. In order for a bank to be successful and make a profit‚ it has to take risk. A bank that is averse to risk will be a stagnant institution unable to adequately serve its customers effectively and produce a profit. However‚ a banking institution
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Greavu 1 John Greavu WRIT 1301 Mr. Anderson 25 OCT 2011 Reading Response #5: Time’s Exchange Rate “Time is money”: Bejamin Franklin‚ Founding Father of the United States of America seemed to imply his country’s priorities fairly well in his famous three-word quote. Time and money are valued almost above all in the U.S.‚ and sacrificing one or the other usually is at least a minor struggle for most Americans. In the capitalist society that we live in‚ people are always competing. They are always
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account for around 60% of India’s exports of goods and services in FY11. These companies have further been classified into 19 broad industry groups1. We use net foreign exchange earnings of these companies as a proxy for their forex exposure. Based on trends observed in FY11‚ we rank industries on their expected forex risk‚ in the absence of hedging. Results Of the 19 industries‚ 4 have been net gainers in forex earnings‚ the highest being recorded 1 6 sub-industries in the chemical
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Tiffany Case Amy Simmons Regis University With the recent restructure of Tiffany Japan‚ the profits earned by our Japanese division are now exposed to foreign exchange risks that were previously not a concern. In light of this new exposure‚ it has become imperative that we needed to determine whether or not Tiffany should implement a risk management program using financial derivatives to hedge against this risk. The first step in this evaluation was to determine the amount of profits
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Running head: Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms Who really benefits from tariffs? "A tariff is a tax on foreign goods upon importation." (Wikipeidia‚ 2007) When a ship arrives in port a customs officer inspects the contents and charges a tax according to a tariff formula. Since the goods cannot be unloaded until the tax is paid‚ it is the easiest tax to collect. Though this is the easiest
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Tiffany & Company Case Analysis I. Statement of Issue Should Tiffany hedge against translation risk from their Japanese subsidiary? II. Relevant Facts • Establishment of Tiffany-Japan with new responsibility of setting yen prices and managing currency risk. • Eurodollar 3-month forward rate 3.25% Euroyen 3-month forward rate 3.1875 • Yen/Dollar spot rate ¥106.3500 3-months forward ¥106.3300 • 94 SEP call price 1.99 (100ths of a cent per yen‚ ¥6‚250‚000/contract) • 93.5 SEP put price
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