As long as the rate of return is bigger than the inflation, the value and amount of money will increase and so will the purchasing power: the correct answer is "it will increase".
For example, if you invest 100 dollars, you will receive 108 dollars back, and you'd need 103 dollars to have the same value of money as before - but you have more.
Answer:
B) As long as the Fed's announcement is credible, workers and firms will reduce their consumption and investment spending, which will reduce aggregate demand and reduce inflation.
Explanation:
If the FED announces that it will increase the federal funds rate, it will increase the interest that banks charge other banks for lending them money in order to comply with the reserve ratio. This increase would make banks hand out less loans and be more careful in order to reduce their need for overnight funds.
If banks reduce their loans, their capacity for creating money will also be reduced, lowering the consumption level and investment spending of both workers (households) and private firms.
Answer: 18.92%
Explanation:
The formula to find the compound amount :-
, where P is the Principal amount, r is the rate of interest and t is the time period.
Given : P= $1500
A = $6000
Time = 8 years
Then 
i.e. 
i
Taking natural log on both sides , we get

Answer:
The retained earnings statement showed a closing retained earnings of $226,120.00 as at 2017 year end.
Explanation:
In arriving at the closing retained earnings , I treated prior items retrospectively- that is as if the impact of such items have been in the accounts from day one,less the tax effect of all items involved.
For instance ,I deducted the understatement of depreciation in 2015 less of tax impact of 40%
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Answer:
An industry consists of six firms with annual sales of $300, $500, $400, $700, $600, and $600, respectively. a. What is the industry's four firm concentration ratio? b. What is the industry's Herfindahl-Hirschman index? c. Is this industry highly concentrated? Explain.
Explanation: