You have just landed at Melbourne with 30,000 Chinese Yuan (CNY) for a 2-week holiday. You...

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You have just landed at Melbourne with 30,000 Chinese Yuan (CNY) for a 2-week holiday. You need to exchange your Chinese Yuan into Australian Dollar (AUD) to use during your holiday. The exchange rate advertised by a local foreign exchange dealer is: AUD 1 CNY 4.6500 - 4.7100 A. What is the commodity currency and term currency in the advertised quote? Is it a direct quotation or an indirect quotation? What is the bid-offer spread for the local foreign exchange dealer? b. What is the rate at which you can convert Chinese Yuan (CNY) into Australian Dollar (AUD)? Explain why? c. How many Australian Dollar (AUD) will you receive given your answer to part b)? d. At the end of your holiday, you have $300 Australian dollar (AUD) which you have not spent on your holiday and you now want to covert it back to Chinese Yuan (CNY). What are the up-side and down-side foreign exchange risks you may have to face? e. If the exchange rate advertised by the local dealer remains unchanged at AUD 1 = CNY 4.6500 - 4.7100, what is the rate at which you convert Australian dollar (AUD) into Chinese Yuan (CNY)? Explain why? f. How many Chinese Yuan (CNY) will you receive given your answer to part e)? You have just landed at Melbourne with 30,000 Chinese Yuan (CNY) for a 2-week holiday. You need to exchange your Chinese Yuan into Australian Dollar (AUD) to use during your holiday. The exchange rate advertised by a local foreign exchange dealer is: AUD 1 CNY 4.6500 - 4.7100 A. What is the commodity currency and term currency in the advertised quote? Is it a direct quotation or an indirect quotation? What is the bid-offer spread for the local foreign exchange dealer? b. What is the rate at which you can convert Chinese Yuan (CNY) into Australian Dollar (AUD)? Explain why? c. How many Australian Dollar (AUD) will you receive given your answer to part b)? d. At the end of your holiday, you have $300 Australian dollar (AUD) which you have not spent on your holiday and you now want to covert it back to Chinese Yuan (CNY). What are the up-side and down-side foreign exchange risks you may have to face? e. If the exchange rate advertised by the local dealer remains unchanged at AUD 1 = CNY 4.6500 - 4.7100, what is the rate at which you convert Australian dollar (AUD) into Chinese Yuan (CNY)? Explain why? f. How many Chinese Yuan (CNY) will you receive given your answer to part e)?

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A 1 The commodity currency is the AUD Australian Dollar and the term currency is CNY Chinese Yuan 2 ... View the full answer