Question: Question No: 07 This is a subjective question, hence you have to write your answer in the Text-Field given below. ACE Cement, the Bangkok-based cement

Question No: 07 This is a subjective question, hence you have to write your answer in the Text-Field given below. ACE Cement, the Bangkok-based cement manufacturer, suffered enormous losses with the coming of the Asian crisis in 1997. The company had been pursuing a very aggressive growth strategy in the mid-1990s, taking on massive quantities of foreign currency denominated debt (primarily U.S. dollars). When the Thai baht (B)was devalued from its pegged rate of B25.0/5 in July 1997, ACE's interest payments alone were over $900 million on its outstanding dollar debt (with an average interest rate of 8.40% on its U.S. dollar debt at that time). Assuming ACE Cement took out $50 million in debt in June 1997 at 8.40% interest, and had to repay it in one year when the spot exchange rate had stabilized at B42.0/$. what was the foreign exchange loss incurred on the transaction? [7 Marks]
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