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A US FI Is Raising All of Its $20 Million Liabilities

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A U.S. FI is raising all of its $20 million liabilities in dollars (one-year CDs) but investing 50 percent in U.S. dollar assets (one-year maturity loans) and 50 percent in U.K. pound sterling assets (one-year maturity loans) . Suppose the promised one-year U.S. CD rate is 9 percent, to be paid in dollars at the end of the year, and that one-year, credit risk-free loans in the United States are yielding only 10 percent. Credit risk-free one-year loans are yielding 16 percent in the United Kingdom. A U.S. FI is raising all of its $20 million liabilities in dollars (one-year CDs)  but investing 50 percent in U.S. dollar assets (one-year maturity loans)  and 50 percent in U.K. pound sterling assets (one-year maturity loans) . Suppose the promised one-year U.S. CD rate is 9 percent, to be paid in dollars at the end of the year, and that one-year, credit risk-free loans in the United States are yielding only 10 percent. Credit risk-free one-year loans are yielding 16 percent in the United Kingdom.   -If the spot foreign exchange rate remains constant at $1.60 to ≤1 throughout the year, the return from the U.K. investment will be A) 15%. B) 12%. C) 16%. D) 13%. E) 7%.
-If the spot foreign exchange rate remains constant at $1.60 to ≤1 throughout the year, the return from the U.K. investment will be


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