terry lamoreaux has homes in both sydney, australia andphoenix, arizona. he travels between the two cities at least twice a year. because of his frequent trips he wants to buy some new, high quality luggage. he's done his research and has decided to go with a briggs and riley brand three-piece luggage set. there are retails stores in both phoenix and sydney. terry was a finance major and wants to use purchasing power parity to determine if he is paying the same price no matter where he makes his purchase.

a. if the price of the 3-piece luggage set in phoenix is $857 and the price of the same 3-piece set in sydney is a $930,using purchasing power parity, is the price of the luggage truly equal if the spot rate is

a $1.0852/$?

b. if the price of the luggage remains the same in phoenix one year from now, determine what the price of the luggage should be in sydney in one-year's time if ppp holds true. the u. s. inflation rate is 1.14%

and the australian inflation rate is 3.18%.

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?

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