Monday, February 12, 2007

Two #14s

So no one pointed out that there were two items numbered 14 on the test. That means the possible points were 31 rather than 30. That means you should add one point to your score. It also means to add one point to the distribution of grades.

Sorry, sometimes I'm not so detail oriented.

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Key to Test 1 Study Problems

1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-C, 5-D, 6-C, 7-C, 8-A, 9-D, 10-D,
11-C, 12-C, 13-D, 14-A, 15-D, 16-F, 17-C, 18-D,
19-A, 20-A, 21-A, 22-D.

***Comments Updated****


For 19 you should try the following: change the phrase "inflation were expected to be" to "short term interest rates are". Then you can use the interest parity condition to solve for the "unknown"... in this case the forward exchange rate.

And be careful (19 and 20): Interest rates are quoted in ANNUALIZED rates, but in 19, the forward rate is 180 days (half a year). You will need to convert to "annual" or "half year" to get consistent rates. (I don't mean to confuse you, but this is done by convention. Interest rates are almost always posted as annualized rates.)