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Boeing just signed a contract to sell a Boeing 737 aircraft to Air France. Air France will be billed 10.04 million payable in one year. The current spot exchange rate is $1.05 per euro and the one-year forward rate is $1.10 per euro. The annual interest rate is 6 percent in the United States and 5 percent in France. Boeing is concerned with the volatile exchange rate between the dollar and the euro and would like to hedge exchange exposure.
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It is considering two hedging alternatives: sell the euro proceeds from the sale forward or borrow euros from Crdit Lyonnaise against the euro receivable. Which alternative would you recommend?
Other things being equal, at what forward exchange r
It is considering two hedging alternatives: sell the euro proceeds from the sale forward or borrow euros from Crdit Lyonnaise against the euro receivable. Which alternative would you recommend?
Note: Enter your Forward hedge and Money market hedge answers in whole dollars not in millions.
Forward hedge ?????
Money market hedge ?????
Recommend alternative Forward hedge

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