Severus Co. has to pay 5 million Canadian dollars for supplies it recently received from Canada. Today, the Canadian dollar has appreciated by 2 percent against the U.S. dollar. Severus has determined that whenever the Canadian dollar appreciates against the U.S. dollar by more than 1 percent, it experiences a reversal of 40 percent on the following day. Based on this information, the Canadian dollar is expected to ____ tomorrow, and Severus would prefer to make payment ____.

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$e _ { t + 1 } = ( 2 \% ) \times ( - 40 \% ) = - 0.8 \%$