Question

Lance owns Lance Lawns Irrigation Systems, LLC, a company that installs and maintains underground lawn irrigation systems. Business is down due to new housing starts being negatively impacted by a deep recession. To make things worse, his bank called yesterday to inform him that his credit limit (interest fee of 12.5%) will be cut from $30,000 per year to $15,000 per year, unless he is willing to pay a higher interest rate of 20%. As Lance drives to the first job this morning, he knows that his last task of the day will be to reduce the hours for his two employees. He can't afford to work employees eight hours per day, with only a $15,000 line of credit. Which of the following strategies will help Lance's situation?
A. Increase government spending on public parks.
B. Decrease government spending so that banks can keep more reserves.
C. Fed decreases interest rates
D. Fed increases the federal funds rates to jump-start the economy.

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option C.

Explanation:

There is a recession in the economy. It has lead to a reduction in the construction of new houses. This has affected Lance's business adversely. Also, the banks are going to increase the interest rates for the credit or reduce the credit limit.  

An expansion in the economy will be helpful for Lance's business. If feds reduce interest rates, the cost of borrowing will decrease. This will boost investment in the economy. With the increase in investment production and income increase as well. This will create more demand in the economy.