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Hedging foreign exchange risk

 Matching

– When a company has receipts and payments in the same
foreign currency due at the same time, it can simply match
them against each other.

– An extension of the matching idea is setting up a foreign
currency bank account.

 Decide to do nothing?

– One advantage of this policy is the savings in transaction
costs.

– Theory suggests that, in the long run, gains and losses net
off to leave a similar result to that if hedged. In the short run,
however, losses may be significant.

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