When the Federal Reserve sells treasury bonds to a bank, the money supply is decreased. Since there are smaller available funds for the bank to loan (they have tied up some cash by buying the bonds), the interest rate the bank charges (all other things EQUAL!) will increase.
Basically, what has happened is that the bank has lent money to the federal government, rather than to other lenders. So if it has no other sources of lendable funds AND borrowers don't have other banks to go to that are charging the current rate, the same number of borrowers competing for a smaller amount of borrowable funds will lead to a higher price, (interest rate) for those loans.
When marginal profit turns negative, producing more output will decrease total profits. Total profit is maximized where marginal revenue equals marginal cost. In this example, maximum profit occurs at 4 units of output.
Answer:
A. The export and import of goods and services
Explanation:
The current account refers to the trade balance of a country. It is the record of a country's transactions with the rest of the world.
Current account includes imports and exports of goods and services, payments made to foreign investors, and transfers such as foreign aid.
The current account of a country can either be a surplus (positive) or a deficit (negative).
Surplus current account is when a country's export is greater than its import.
Deficit current account is when a country's export is less than its import.
Import refers a situation where a country buys goods from another country.
Export refers to a situation where a country sells to other countries of the world.
The current account is a part of the balance of payments, the other part is the capital or financial account.
Financial/capital account measures cross-border investments in financial instruments and changes in central bank reserves.
Pension plans are a type of retirement plan in which the employee and employer make contributions. These contributions are invested and to be received upon retirement. In most all cases pension plans are tax exempt. The two types of pension plans are defined benefit plans and defined contribution plans. A defined benefit plan guarantees an amount upon retirement no matter how the investment performed. A defined contribution plan is not a guaranteed amount and heavily depends on the investment performance.
Answer:
$20,000
Explanation:
The small investment in equities and bonds must be valued at market value and must not be accounted for in-accordance with the speculation of the company. So the market value here is $20,000 and must be valued at this price irrespective of the management valuation.
