A US Timber Products Firm Has a Long-Term Contract to Import

question 21

Multiple Choice

A U.S. timber products firm has a long-term contract to import unprocessed logs from Canada. To avoid occasional and unpredictable changes in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Canadian dollar, the firms agree to split between the two firms the impact of any exchange rate movement. This type of agreement is referred to as:

• A) risk-sharing.
• B) currency-switching.
• C) matching.
• D) a natural hedge.

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