This arrangement is ethical as long as the engineer signs and seals each design segment only after it has been reviewed by an independent consulting engineer who specializes in the field which it pertains.<span> If what she was dealing is not her field of expertise, she needs to have the aid of independent engineer who can verify the work passed to her before she signs the design segment.</span>
Answer:
decreases, increases
Explanation:
An open market operation where the government buys securities increases the money supply so the Federal funds rates increases. Because of the increase in money supply, the reserves held by banks would increase.
the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks can borrow or lend excess reserves overnight
<u>Answer:</u> The rate of interest per year is 18.49 %.
<u>Explanation:</u>
To calculate the rate of interest, we use the equation:
where,
Interest paid = $ 53.95
Amount borrowed = $ 700
Rate of interest = ?
Time = 5 months = 
(Conversion factor: 1 yr = 12 months)
Putting values in above equation, we get:
Hence, the rate of interest per year is 18.49 %.
