Help understanding expected exchange rates

I’m having trouble understanding the expected change in exchange rates formula with the countries’ various risk premia. For example, UIP would say expected appreciation of foreign currency is rd - rf: if the foreign currency has a higher interest rate, the currency is expected to depreciate. However, empirically I understand there is often a risk premium that results in the carry trade being profitable on average. I don’t understand the formula though, in the form rd-rf + risk premium-d - risk premium-f.

Doesn’t this assume that the foreign currency will depreciate more if it carries a higher risk premium, vs. the opposite being the case to incentivize investors to hold the riskier assets?

Interest rate parity is not meant to predict future spot rates.

It has one job and one job only: to prevent arbitrage.

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