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Currency

USD Equivalent

China (Yuan Renminbi)

0.12080

Japan (Yen)

0.00831

Mexico (Peso)

0.09396

Singapore (Dollar)

0.56170

Taiwan (Dollar)

0.0288

Turkey (Lira)

6.200E-07

U.K. (Pound)

1.5734

Venezuela (Bolivar)

0.0006

Euro

1.0773

Currency per USD

Equivalent of 100 USD

8.2781

827.81

120.38

12038

10.643

1,064.28

1.7803

178.03

34.746

3474.6

1612903

161,290,300

0.63557

63.557

1,597.4

159744

0.92825

92.825

Country

Currency per USD

China - yuan renminbi (CNY)

8.2871

Japan -yen (JPY)

119.04

Argentina - peso (ARS)

2.975

Vietnam - dong (VND)

16,041

(a) Amount of yen the Japanese firm need to exchange in order to pay the
9,030,200 yuan renminbi bill:
(b) Amount of Argentine pesos the client need to purchase 250 bonds at 1,604,100
Vietnamese dong per bond:

129714255.650348

74375

OR

129714255.7

Egypt EPound
Egypt

Indonesia Rupiah

Indonesia

Taiwan

0.0040185658

Vietnam

1.7144051936

U.S.

0.1673528132

Taiwan TDollar

Vietnam VNDong

U.S. Dollar
5.9754

248.845

0.58329268

0.002344

2.6596E-02

426.6211604096

16,041.00

3.7600E+01

6.2340253E-05

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Currency

Bid

Euros

$1.19

Yen

$0.01

Bank's bid/ask spread for euro:


Amount you lose if you converted $500 into euros and then back into dollars:
Bank's bid/ask spread for yen:
Amount you lose if you converted $500 into yen and then back into dollars:

Ask
$1.25
$0.01

$0.051
$20.48
$0.000425
$21.98

Dates

Exchange Rate

4/24/2003

0.91130 EUR/USD

4/28/2003

0.90630 EUR/USD

6/17/1997

23.2 BHT/USD

1/13/1998

55.8 BHT/USD

4/25/2002

1.6430 CHF /USD

4/26/2002

0.6140 USD/CHF

6/26/2002

0.0008324 USD/KRW

2/18/2003

0.0008286 USD/KRW

1/30/1999

1.0038 ARS /USD

5/2/2001

1.00050 USD/ARS

1/30/2000

2.3442 CAD/GBP

9/20/2000

2.0927 CAD/GBP

12/12/2002

0.01629 INR /IQD

2/2/2003

68.0289 IQD/INR

12/27/2002

1.776 AUD /USD

12/28/2002

1.7831 AUD/USD

Currency to Consider

Appreciated

EUR

BHT

CHF

KRW

USD

CAD

INR

USD

Depreciated
-

1.6430 CHF/USD
1.6287 CHF/USD
1201.3455 KRW/USD
1206.8549 KRW/USD
0.9962 USD/ARS
1.00050 USD/ARS

0.01629 INR /IQD


0.0147 INR/IQD
0.5631 USD/AUD
0.5608 USD/AUD

Amount the peso have to appreciate to get back to its original level if the
Mexican peso depreciates 50% against the U.S. dollar:

Let exchange rate of USD and Peso to be: 1USD : 17 Peso if Peso depreciates by
50%, the new exchange rate will be 1 USD : 34 Peso. Therefore, to go back to
its original level, the Mexican peso (MXN) has to appreciate by %%%

Brazilian real's percentage change when the real exchange rate moved from
3.2020 BRL/USD to 3.1606 BRL/USD over two days:
Appreciated or depreciated:

Big Mac Prices


In local currency

In USD

United States

$2.71

2.71

Australia

A$ 3.00

1.86

Brazil

Real 4.55

1.48

China

Yuan 9.90

Denmark

Krone 27.75

4.1

Egypt

Pound 8.00

1.35

Hong Kong

HK$11.50

Malaysia

M$5.04

1.33

Russia

Ruble 41.00

1.32

South Korea

Won 3,300

2.71

Switzerland

SFr 6.30

4.59

Implied PPP of USD

Actual USD exchange rates


22-Apr-03

1.11

1.61

1.68
3.65

8.28
6.78

2.95
4.24

7.8
3.8

15.1

31.1
1,220

2.32

Under () / over (+) valuation against


USD in %

45
56
51
50
46
51

Nil

USD Equivalent
Country

Mon

Canada (Dollar)

0.6879

1-month forward

0.6868

3-months forward

0.6844

6-months forward

0.6803

Switzerland (franc)

0.7197

1-month forward

0.7203

3-months forward

0.7215

6-months forward

0.7232

U.K. (Pound)

1.5734

1-month forward

1.5703

3-months forward

1.5644

6-months forward

1.5555

(a) Canadian dollar spot rate:


(b) Canadian dollar 6-months forward rate:
(c) What it would cost Hoola Hoopa if the company were to purchase

the Canadian dollars spot on April 15, 2003:


(d) What it would cost Hoola Hoopa if it hedged with a forward

contract on April 15, 2003 to purchase 1.5 million Canadian dollars 6


months later on October 15, 2003:
Spot Rate

Unhedged

on Oct 15, 2003

Position

0.6521
0.67
0.6803
0.685
0.69

USD Equivalent

Currency per USD


Fri

Mon

Fri

0.6879

1.4537

1.4537

0.6869

1.456

1.4558

0.6845

1.4611

1.4609

0.6804

1.4699

1.4697

0.7179

1.3895

1.393

0.7183

1.3883

1.3922

0.7192

1.386

1.3904

0.7213

1.3827

1.3864

1.5715

0.6356

0.6363

1.5783

0.6368

0.6376

1.5624

0.6392

0.64

1.5536

0.6429

0.6437

Hedged

Potential Gains/Losses in USD from


Hedge

Position

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