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question 12

Multiple Choice

The next questions refer to the following.
Suppose one-year interest rates in Great Britain are 10%, and one-year interest rates in the US are 6%. During the course of the year, the pound depreciates 10% against the dollar.
-Compared to buying British bonds,British speculators who purchased US bonds at the start of the year received rates of return about

• A) 26 percentage points lower
• B) 14 percentage points lower
• C) the same
• D) 2 percentage points higher
• E) 8 percentage points higher

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