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2. Given expectations Ee of future exchange rates, when foreign interest rate fall significantly, investors will ____ domestic assets, _____ domestic currency, ____ foreign currency, and _____ foreign assets.
A) sell; sell; buy; buy B) sell; buy; sell; buy
C) buy; sell; buy; sell D) buy; buy; sell; sell
Can you explain it in detail?
Answer to the question:
Option d: Buy; Buy; Sell; Sell.
Explanation: We are well known to the
theory of interest parity which states that say there are two
countries A and B, a an investor will invest in a country where the
expected interest rate is higher. Now, these investment inflow, in
the country with higher interest rate , will tend to reduce the
rate of interest since the invstment in the higher interest rate
country will increase. This phenomenon is known as the Interest
rate parity condition.Now, when the interest rate in the foreign
nation tend to decline, the domestic investor will seel their
foreign assets and in return they will obtain foreign currency. Now
the investor will demand the domestic currency in return of the
foreign currency and sell the foreign currency and buy domestic
currency.
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