Question

A US Multi National Corporation has a contract for a relatively predictable long-term inflow of Japanese yen. The firm decides to hedge the yen exposure by finding a supplier in Japan and paying for these imports in yen. This hedging strategy is known as ________.

Answer 1

Answer: a natural hedge

Explanation:

Natural hedge is simply a strategy that is used by a company in order to reduce risk and this is done through the investment in the assets that their performance is not positively correlated.

Such companies typically makes revenue in the currency of another country. Since the firm decides to hedge the yen exposure by finding a supplier in Japan and paying for these imports in yen, this hedging strategy is known as natural hedge.