International Financial Management 2nd Edition by Geert Bekaert ,Robert Hodrick

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One of your colleagues at Deutsche Bank thinks that the dollar is severely undervalued relative to the yen. He has calculated that the PPP exchange rate is ¥140/$, whereas the current exchange rate is ¥105/$. Because interest rates are 3% p.a. lower in Japan than in the United States, he thinks that this is a good time to speculate by borrowing yen and lending dollars. What do you think