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Basic Question 5 of 27

Based on covered interest rate parity, if the one year interest rate for Australian dollar (AUD) is 4% and 2% for U.S. dollars, and the exchange rate is 0.9654 (AUD/USD), what is the expected future exchange rate in one year?

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daverco It's Spot rate x [(1+foreign interest rate) / (1+domestic interest rate)]
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Learning Outcome Statements

explain international parity relations (covered and uncovered interest rate parity, forward rate parity, purchasing power parity, and the international Fisher effect);

describe relations among the international parity conditions;

evaluate the use of the current spot rate, the forward rate, purchasing power parity, and uncovered interest parity to forecast future spot exchange rates;

explain approaches to assessing the long-run fair value of an exchange rate;

CFA® 2025 Level II Curriculum, Volume 1, Module 8.