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A U.S. company has a ¥750 million payable due in one year to a bank in Japan. The current spot rate S($/¥) = $0.0086/¥ and the one-year forward rate F360($/¥) = $0.0092/¥. The annual interest rate is 3 percent in Japan and 6 percent in the United States.
a. How to implement a hedge using a forward contract? Compute the guaranteed dollar payment in one year using the forward hedge.
b. How to implement a money market hedge? Compute the guaranteed dollar payment in one year using money market hedge.
c. If the U.S company decides to hedge using call option on yen, what would be the dollar payment in one year? Assume that the spot exchange rate S($/¥) = $0.0092/¥ in one year. Also suppose that a one-year call option on yen has an exercise price of $0.0086/¥ and a premium of $0.00012/¥.