Assume that a UK firm considers investing in US one-year Treasury securities. The interest rate on these securities is 12 per cent, while the interest rate on the same securities in the UK is 10 per cent. The firm believes that today's spot rate is an appropriate forecast for the spot rate of the dollar in one year. Based on this information, the effective yield on US securities from the British firm's perspective is:
A) equal to the US interest rate.
B) equal to the British interest rate.
C) lower than the US interest rate.
D) higher than the British interest rate.
E) lower than the British interest rate, but higher than the US interest rate.
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