EXAMINATION PAPER OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Section A: Objective type
Part One:
1). Foreign exchange market in India is relatively very
Answer: b). Small
2). Balance of payment is a systematic record of all ___________ during a given period of time.
Answer: c). Economic Transactions
3). Merchandise trade balance, services balance & balance on unilateral transfer are the part of _________ account.
Answer: a). Current Account
4). Interest rate swaps can be explained as an agreement between ___________ parties
Answer: b). Two
5). Capital account convertibility in India evolved in August
Answer: c).1994
6). Interest rate parity is an economic concept, expressed as a basic algebraic identity that
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So, domestic investors can benefit by investing in the foreign market.
If domestic interest rates are more than foreign interest rates, foreign currency must trade at a forward premium to offset any benefit of higher interest rates in domestic country to prevent arbitrage.
If foreign currency does not trade at a forward premium, or if the forward premium is not large enough to offset the interest rate advantage of domestic country, arbitrage opportunity exists for foreign investors. So, foreign investors can benefit by investing in the domestic market.
2). What are Direct & Indirect Quotes of exchange rates?
Forex rates in the currency exchange market are displayed in pairs by market makers (or dealers). Exchanges rates on the other hand are forex rates or FX rates that represent the value of one currency in relation to another currency. For e.g., 1USD = 96.62 JPY. This is the exchange rate between the US Dollar and Japanese Yen, which means that 1 US dollar is equal to 96.62 Yen. This would be represented as USD/JPY = 96.62. In other terms a spot exchange rate is one at which currency can be sold or bought for immediate delivery which two business day after the transaction. In spot exchange market the quote for a currency may be direct or indirect.
a). Direct Quotes : Direct quote means indicates how many units of local
Compared with the domestic supply, the cost of borrowing from the world will lower. So, this country prefer borrow money from the world supply. In conclusion , the money will flow from the lower interest rate country to the higher interest rate country.
2. What is the difference between the balance of trade and the balance of payments?
3. Which of the following financial statements lists the entity 's assets, liabilities, and capital as
1) Which of the following financial statements is divided into major categories of operation, investing, and financial activities?
Q. The debt created by a business when it makes a purchase on credit is referred to as an a. account payable. b. account receivable. c. asset. d. expense payable. ANS:
34. Which of the following presents a summary of changes in a firm’s balance sheet from the beginning of an accounting period to the end of that accounting period?
b. Trace the line item “Balance per Bank Statement” – Accuracy and Existence (AU-C 315.A114 a-iii, b-i)
3-2. Are the following balance sheet items (A) assets, (L) liabilities, or (E) stockholders’ equity?
a. Record each transaction on a separate line. Calculate balances only after the last transaction has been recorded.
2. All accounts payable owed as of the balance sheet date are included in the financial
Topics 1. 2. Accounting for cash. Accounting for accounts receivable, bad debts, other allowances. Accounting for notes receivable. Assignment and factoring of accounts receivable. Analysis of receivables. Petty cash and bank reconciliations. Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 21 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 14, 15 16, 17, 18, 19 20 22 Brief Exercises 1 2, 3, 4, 5 Concepts Exercises 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 18, 19 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21 20, 21 22, 23, 24, 25 Problems 1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 8, 9, 10 7, 11, 12, 13 1 12, 13, 14 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11 6, 7, 8, 9 6, 8 for Analysis
A higher domestic interest rate will encourage capital inflow and reduce consumption of foreign assets: the higher the interest rate, the higher capital inflows.
The last one is the Balance Sheet which tells a person the lists of assets he has, the list of
And when it is expected to strengthen against, owns or earnings from the foreign securities can periodically be converted back to more dollars when they were sold.
The yield to the U.S. investor is $500,727.27/$500,000 – 1 = .15%. As the yield is smaller than the US interest rate 1%, the covered interest arbitrage did not work for the investor in this case. The lower Moroccan forward rate more than offsets the higher interest rate in Morocco.