Market rates now are as follows for USD and NOK:
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USD/NOK |
USD% |
NOK% |
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Spot: |
6.0000 |
/ |
10 |
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|
|
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3 months (91 days): |
590 |
/ |
605 |
5.87/6.00 |
9.87/10.00 |
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6 months (182 days): |
1274 |
/ |
1304 |
5.75/5.87 |
10.12/10.25 |
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9 months (273 days): |
1832 |
/ |
1872 |
5.75/5.87 |
10.00/10.12 |
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FRA 3 v 9: |
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|
|
5.70/5.75 |
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Market rates three months later are as follows:
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USD/NOK |
USD% |
NOK% |
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Spot: |
6.2060 |
/ |
65 |
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|
|
|
3 months (91 days): |
649 |
/ |
664 |
6.00/6.12 |
10.25/10.37 |
|
|
6 months (182 days): |
1394 |
/ |
1424 |
5.87/6.00 |
10.50/10.62 |
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|
9 months (274 days): |
2014 |
/ |
2054 |
5.87/6.00 |
10.37/10.50 |
What would be the effective synthetic forward-forward 3 v 9 cost for NOK for a borrower, created from an FRA 3 v 9 for USD, and all necessary forward foreign exchange deals, taking into account all the relevant bid/offer spreads? Show all the deals necessary based on an amount of NOK 1 million and assume that you are a price-taker.