Answer: b. For a bond of any maturity, a 1.0 percentage point increase in the market interest rate (rd) causes a larger dollar capital loss than the capital gain stemming from a 1.0 percentage point decrease in the interest rate
Explanation:
This is very true. If market rates reduce by 1.0%, there is a larger drop in the price of a bond than the amount a bond gains in price if interest rates increase by that same 1.0%.
This is why the graph that relates bond prices to yield is concave and I attached a graph as proof.
Notice how the fall in price is greater when interest rate increases.
Answer:
Explanation:
Forward excahnge rate/spot exchange rate = (1+rh)/(1+rf)
rh - periodic interest rate in the home currency
rf - periodic interest rate in the foreign currency
Forward/90 = [1+1%*180/360]/[1+2%*180/360]
Forward = 1.005/1.01 * 90 = 89.55
Forward rate is 89.55 yen/$
Answer:
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Explanation:
we know that here Price Elasticity of demand is express as
Price Elasticity of demand = PercentageChange is quantity demanded ÷ PercentageChange in price ...........................1
so that, Demand for gasoline is more elastic in the long run than in the short run because in the long run people can change their preferences and choices.
Answer:
Samantha should use the standard deduction.
Explanation:
Samantha's total itemized deductions include:
- donations to church and other charities $2,150
- medical and dental expenses (exceeding 10%) $1,270
- State income tax $960
- Job related expenses (exceeding 2%) $1,485
- total $5,865
Samantha's standard deduction = $6,350, since it is higher than her itemized deductions, then she should use the standard deduction.
