MNCs Can Use Short-Term Foreign Financing to Reduce Their Exposure

question 48

Multiple Choice

MNCs can use short-term foreign financing to reduce their exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. For example, if an American-based MNC has ____ in euros, it could borrow ____, resulting in an offsetting effect.

• A) payables; euros
• B) receivables; euros
• C) payables; dollars
• D) receivables; dollars

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