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Background Note
| HBS Case Collection
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1992
(Revised from original version)
Note on Transaction and Translation Exposure
by
W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
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Abstract
Describes the transaction and translation exposures that companies doing business internationally face when foreign exchange rates change. Also discusses how to measure and cover both types of exposure. Covering techniques are demonstrated using examples of forward cover, money market hedges, and options market hedges. Other covering devices, such as swaps and leads and lags, are also presented. Explains how these exposures relate to each other and what can be done to minimize overall foreign exchange risk.
Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate;
International Finance;