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A multinational firm with a U.S. dollar reporting currency has a subsidiary in Japan. The subsidiary's functional currency is the Japanese Yen. During the year, the Yen depreciates significantly against the Dollar.

What is the impact on the consolidated financial statements?

  1. The subsidiary must instead switch to the remeasurement (temporal) accounting method now.
  2. A negative Cumulative Translation Adjustment (CTA) is recorded in Other Comprehensive Income (OCI).
  3. No impact occurs at all, since the subsidiary's Yen-denominated stockholders' equity is unchanged.
  4. A significant translation loss is recognized directly within the consolidated income statement each period.

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