In Looking at the Foreign Exchange Rates in the Wall

question 68

Essay

In looking at the foreign exchange rates in the Wall Street Journal you notice the U.S. dollar-euro spot rate is 1.085€/U.S.$ and the six-month forward rate is 1.098€/$. What does this imply?

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Definitions:

Periodic System

An inventory system where the inventory count is physically updated at specific intervals, and costs of goods sold are calculated at the end of the accounting period.

Moving Average System

A method used in accounting and finance to smooth out data by generating a series of averages of different subsets of the full data set.

Freight-In Costs

Expenses associated with transporting goods from the supplier to the purchaser, typically included in the cost of inventory.

Freight-Out Costs

Expenses related to the transportation of goods from the seller to the buyer, typically recorded as a selling expense.