Question

A U.S. firm must make a payment of 1 million yen to a Japanese firm that has sold the U.S. firm sets of Japanese baseball-player trading cards. The U.S. firm begins with a dollar checking account. Explain in detail how this payment would be made, including the use of the spot foreign exchange market and banks in both countries.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The US firm uses its dollar checking account to purchase 1 million yen from its bank(exchanges dollar with yen) and then requests the bank send the 1 million yen to the Japanese firm. The bank sends this one million yen to the Japanese firm through its correspondent bank in Japan or it's branch in Japan(if it has one).