A Thai company has to pay 10M pesos tomorrow for supplies that it recently received. Today the peso appreciated by 3% against the Thai baht. Based on an analysis of historical time series, it has been determined that whenever the peso appreciated by more than 1%, it experiences a reversal of about 60% of that change on the following day.
e(t+1) = e(t) * (-60%), when e(t) > 1%
Forecast of tomorrows exchange rate
e(t+1) = 3% * (-60%) = -1.8%
Given the forecast that the peso will depreciate tomorrow, company decides to make payment tomorrow instead of today