Answer:
D ; increase growth
Explanation:
The discount rate is one of the tools that the Federal Reserve uses to direct monetary policy. Banks are subject to minimum reserves requirements. If a bank falls below this minimum, it can borrow from the banks with a surplus, or borrow from the federal reserve. If it borrows from the Fed, the interest rate that applies is the discount rate. The discount rate is always higher than the fed fund rate; hence, banks use it as a last resort.
The discount rate and the fed rate have similar effects on the economy. The Fed uses the discount rate to regulate the money supply in the country. When the growth in slow, the fed will reduce the discount rate. A low discount rate means the cost of borrowing money goes down. The impact is that individuals and businesses will afford to borrow money for consumption and investment.
Increased levels of investments and consumption will mean a higher GDP, which is growth.
Answer:
Explanation:
Higher real interest rates reduces aggregate expenditure by increasing the cost of loans while increasing the earnings from savings. Both factors reduce expenditures by reducing consumption and investments, and therefore, aggregate expenditure.
Answer:
a) $337,615.38
b-1) $360,910.85
b-2) $415,266.92
c-1) $362,637.36
c-2) $438,461.54
Explanation:
a) To find the current value of the company, we have:
= 
= $337,615.38
b-1) If the company takes on debt equal to 30 percent of its unlevered value.
337,615.38 + (0.23 * 337,615.38 * 0.30)
= $360,910.85
b-2) When the company can borrow at 10 percent. The value of the firm if the company takes on debt equal to 100 percent of its unlevered value will be:
337,615.38 + (0.23 * 337,615.38 * 1)
= $415,266.92
c-1) The value of the firm if the company takes on debt equal to 30 percent of its levered value:
= $362,637.36
c-2) The value of the firm if the company takes on debt equal to 100 percent of its levered value:
= $438,461.54
Answer:
The correct answer is option A.
Explanation:
A production possibility curve shows the different bundles of maximum possible two goods that can be produced using the given resources. The production possibility curve is concave to the origin.
This shape of the curve is because of opportunity cost. We know that to increase the production of one commodity we need to sacrifice production of its alternative.
The resources can not be perfectly substituted and the opportunity cost goes on increasing with the increase in output, that's why the production possibility curve is bowed out or concave to the origin.
