In order to pay for school, you borrow $22,000 at 12 percent/year compounded monthly. You do not pay back any of it until the end of the first month following year 4, and you intend to have it paid off by the end of year 7. a. What are your monthly payments during years 5, 6, and 7? b. How much interest is in the sixtieth month’s payment? How much principal? c. How much interest is in the sixty-fourth month’s payment? How much principal? d. How much interest is in the sixty-eighth month’s payment? How much principal? e. You are doing very well after graduation and decide to pay off the loan in full at the time you make your twentyfourth payment in the seventy-second month. For how much do you write the check, including the twentyfourth payment?

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u. s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht. a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?