Boeing just signed a contract to sell a Boeing $737$ aircraft to Air France. Air France will be billed $10\mathrm{.}04$ million payable in one year. The current spot exchange rate is $$1\mathrm{.}05$ per euro and the one$-$year forward rate is $$1\mathrm{.}10$ per euro. The annual interest rate is $6$ percent in the United States and $5$ percent in France. Boeing is concerned with the volatile exchange rate between the dollar and the euro and would like to hedge exchange exposure.

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It is considering two hedging alternatives: sell the euro proceeds from the sale forward or borrow euros from Cr$$dit Lyonnaise against the euro receivable. Which alternative would you recommend?

Other things being equal, at what forward exchange r

It is considering two hedging alternatives: sell the euro proceeds from the sale forward or borrow euros from Cr$$dit Lyonnaise against the euro receivable. Which alternative would you recommend?

Note: Enter your Forward hedge and Money market hedge answers in whole dollars not in millions.

Forward hedge $?????$

Money market hedge $?????$

Recommend alternative Forward hedge