Answer: the greater the dampening, or smoothing effect
Explanation:
The smoothing constant determines the level at which a forecast is influenced by previous observations. It simply determine the sensitivity of forecasts with regards to the changes in demand.
It should be noted that large values of α will lead to a scenario whereby forecasts will be more responsive to the more recent levels. On the other hand, the smaller values will result in a damping effect. Therefore, the closer the smoothing constant to α, the greater the dampening, or smoothing effect.
Answer:
Total $1,173.2544
Explanation:
The price of the bond will be equivalent to the coupon payment and maturity discounted at the YTM
<em><u>Coupon payment PV will be an annuity:</u></em>
C 35.50 (1,000 x 7.1% / 2 )
time 30 (15 years x 2 payment per year)
rate 0.027 (YTM /2 )
PV $723.5919
<em><u> The maturity will be the present value of a lump sum</u></em>
Maturity 1,000.00
time 30.00
rate 0.027
PV 449.66
We add bot h to gett the market value
PV c $723.5919
PV m $449.6625
Total $1,173.2544
<u>Answer:</u> The rate of interest is 7.18 %
<u>Explanation:</u>
To calculate the rate of interest, we use the equation used for the interest compounded monthly follows:
A = Amount after time period 'T' = $100,000
P = Principal amount = $50,000
R = rate of interest = ?
n = Number of times interest applied per time period = 1 (annually)
T = time period = 10 years
Putting values in above equation, we get:
Calculating the rate of interest in percentage:
Hence, the rate of interest is 7.18 %
Base on my research this type of argument is baseless but it depends on the 100% free enterprise market system. With this system, the government doesn't have regulatory powers to protect the interest of the consumers from the financial institutions. In a situation that without the interest rate modulation, the rate charged on loans could be 40% while the rate paid on savings could be 1%. If this happens the financial institutions will not have to pay FDIC insurance to ensure the solvency of the overall system.
Answer:
Survival of the fittest
Explanation:
Survival of the fittest, term made famous in the fifth edition (published in 1869) of On the Origin of Species by British naturalist Charles Darwin, which suggested that organisms best adjusted to their environment are the most successful in surviving and reproducing. Darwin borrowed the term from English sociologist and philosopher Herbert Spencer, who first used it in his 1864 book Principles of Biology. (Spencer came up with the phrase only after reading Darwin’s work.)
