Option C
If expectations of the future inflation rate are formed solely on the basis of a weighted average of past inflation rates, then economics would say that expectation formation is: adaptive.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Adaptive expectations hypothesis implies that investors will modify their expectations of future behavior based on current prior behavior. In finance, this impact can effect people to produce investment decisions based on the way of contemporary historical data, such as stock price activity or inflation rates, and modify the data to prophesy future exercise or rates.
If the market has been trending downward, people will possible expect it to proceed to trend that way because that is what it has been acting in the recent past.
Answer:
Because the current money multiplier is <u>2</u>, the Fed would <u>BUY $500,000</u> worth of bonds, <u>INCREASING</u> the monetary base and so increasing the money supply by $1 million.
Explanation:
if the Fed wants to increase the money supply by $1 million, then it would need to purchase US securities worth $500,000. The formulas used to calculate the impact of the Fed's operations are:
increase in money supply = additional funds x money multiplier
- money multiplier = 1 / reserve ratio = 1 / 50% = 2
- desired increase in money supply = $1 million
$1,000,000 = additional funds x 2
additional funds = $1,000,000 / 2 = $500,000
Answer: 18.6%
Explanation:
Degree of operating leverage = % change in Operating cash flow / % change in output
% change in Output
= 
= 6.7%
Degree of operating leverage = % change in Operating cash flow / % change in output
2.79 = % change in Operating cash flow/ 6.7%
% change in Operating cash flow = 2.79 * 6.7%
% change in Operating cash flow = 18.6%
Answer:
Buy the stock because it is underpriced and investor will make money in the near future.
Explanation:
Required rate of return is defined as the estimated return am investor wants to gain for taking on a certain amount of risk when investing in securities.
The higher the risk the higher the required rate of return.
If the expected rate of return exceeds the required rate of return then the investor will consider the share underpriced and experiencing supernormal growth.
For example if a stock has required rate of return as 10% and expected rate of return as 15%, it means that the stock will perform above its peer stock in the market and the price will rise in the future.
Answer:
This study was carried on by Jiang, Zhenling, during the first semester of 2019 and it involved more than 35 million auto loans in the US. The author determined that monthly payments carrying a $9 ending digit, e.g. $199, had a highest interest rate charged. While those monthly payments carrying a $0 ending digit, e.g. $200, had the lowest interest rate charged. African American and Latin consumers were the most negatively affected groups by the higher interest rates.
The study showed that an effective bargaining tactic would decrease total payments significantly. This research also includes a lot of other information regarding the total economic effects of ending digit bias.
Explanation:
I personally guess that many car sellers and auto loans institutions tempt both African American and Latin consumers by using apparently lower monthly payments (psychologically we all consider $199 to be much cheaper than $200) in order to charge higher interest rates. They also probably offer longer term loans, e.g. 5-6 year loans instead of 3-4 year loans.
