Question 9 Which one of the following statements is FALSE concerning uncovered interest parity? A) If the yen is expected to depreciate 3% then the Japanese interest rate is 3% above that in the United States. B) If the yen is expected to appreciate 5% then the Japanese interest rate is 5% below that in the United States C) If the Japanese interest rate is 5% above that of the US and the spot exchange rate is 100 yen/$1 then the expected future spot rate in one year's time is approximately 95 yen/$1. D) If the Japanese interest rate is 5% above that of the US and the spot exchange rate is 100 yen/$1 then the expected future spot rate in one year's time is approximately 105 yen/$1.
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Perfect financial market integration implies that relative purchasing power parity and covered interest rate parity give similar forecasts of the future spot rate, irrespective of the expectations hypothesis. Given these three nominal exchange rates: USD1.351/GBP, EUR1.19/GBP and USD0.88/EUR an arbitrage opportunity does not exist. The following spot rate is an indirect quote outside the US: DKK34.18-25/USD. Under PPP theory, if the expected rate of inflation in the US is 5% and the expected rate of inflation in Japan is 3%, then the USD/JPY forward rate will be at a premium to the spot rate such that returns in both countries are equalized. More than one of these statements are correct.
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