Currency per U.S. $ Australia dollar 1.2378 6-months forward 1.2355 Japan Yen 100.3400 6-months forward 100.0400 U.K. Pound .6791 6-months forward .6782 Suppose interest rate parity holds, and the current risk-free rate in the United States is 4 percent per six months. Use the approximate interest rate parity equation to answer the following questions.
Requirement 1: What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Australia? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Requirement 2: What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Japan? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Requirement 3: What must the six-month risk-free rate be in Great Britain? (Enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.)
Risk-free rate %