Suppose it is 1995 and the following direct quotes are received for spot and one- month French francs in New York: .1160-68 4-6. Then the outright 30- day forward quote for the French franc was:

Answer and Explanation:

The quote above shows the spot bid rate, spot ask rate, swap bid rate and swap ask rate

The spot price is the price of an asset or security that is based on its immediate delivery

The spot bid rate is the buyback price of the security

The spot ask rate is the selling price of the security

The swap rate is the rate at which fixed interest payments is traded with floating payments

The swap bid rate is the buyback rate

The swap ask rate is the selling price

From the question,

Given:

Spot ask rate = 0.1168

Spot bid rate =0.1160

Swap ask rate= 0.0006

Swap bid rate =0.0004

To calculate Outright 30 day forward quote for franc:

Outright 30 day forward bid rate = spot bid rate + swap bid rate

We substitute :

Outright 30 day forward bid rate=0.1160+0.0004=0.1164

Outright 30 day forward ask rate =spot ask rate + swap ask rate

We substitute:

Outright 30 day forward ask rate =0.1168+0.0006= 0.1174

Outright 30 day forward quote for franc= 0.1164-74

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