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Which of the following is an example of economic exposure but not an example of transaction exposure?
A decrease in the peso's value decreases a U.S. firm's dollar value of peso receivables
An increase in the pound's value increases a U.S. firm's cost of British pound payables.
An increase in the dollar's value impacts a U.S. firm's domestic sales because foreign competitors are able to increase their sales to U.S. customers.
A decrease in the Swiss franc's value decreases the dollar value of interest payments on a Swiss deposit sent to a U.S. firm by a Swiss bank.
Transaction exposures are due to the risks in foreign currency movements as importer or exporter which coverts the currency to either a favorable or unfavorable position. In the above options, Option 1, option 2 and Option 4 are concerned with transaction exposures as they are directly concerned with currency conversion. Option 3 is an economic exposure as the currency movement affects the competitive environment and not a direct currency impact to the firm concerned here.
Answer is An increase in the dollar's value impacts a U.S. firm's domestic sales because foreign competitors are able to increase their sales to U.S. customers.