Answer:
A
Explanation:
mortgage interest is deductible on a primary home.
Answer:
The correct answer is letter "B": a leftward shift of the demand curve because of the high price.
Explanation:
The equilibrium price represents the point at which buyers' demand and sellers supply face each other because both parties' needs are satisfied. If the price of a given product is higher than the equilibrium level, the quantity demanded is likely to decrease which directly implies a leftward move in the demand curve.
Answer:
The specialty or expertise of the financial institution
Their Management and Board composition
Their capital adequacy
Their performance
Explanation:
1) Specialty/Expertise:
Different financial institutions have their different area of strength/competence. Some are good in retail, some are good investment banking, some are good in deal making and consolidation etc. Depending on the purpose for which they are to be deployed, the area of their competence would matter most. E.g contracting a bank that is predominantly strong in retail banking to execute an M&A deal would not be ideal.
2) Management & Board composition:
The strength of a financial institution is as good as the quality of the people managing it. The expertise and know how of the management in key areas of business development, strategy, operations etc. will be vital for the growth of the financial institution
3) Capital adequacy
The adequacy of the capital structure of a financial institution is critical as it determines how much business and risk it can take on. By capital adequacy, we simply mean the ratio of its equity to debt. The less leverage its balance sheet is, the more business it can take on. This is critical if the volume of transaction one is about to transact with the financial institution is large.
4) Performance
The performance of a financial institution will show how efficient it is at generating returns and creating value to its shareholders and well as stakeholders. Every investor has an expectation of returns, a financial institution should be able to meet or exceed the market average for such performance yardstick as margin, ROI (return on investment), Return on Asset (ROA) etc
Answer: Deficit; higher; a decrease
Explanation:
<em>The term crowding-out effect refers to a situation in which a government </em><em><u>deficit</u></em><em> results in</em><em><u> higher</u></em><em> interest rates, causing </em><em><u>a decrease</u></em><em> in private spending on investment and consumer durables.</em>
The Crowding-out effect is what happens when a Government increases its spending past its revenues and gets a budget deficit. In other to balance its books therefore it will borrow heavily.
If the Government is such a large one like the American Government or the British Government, the borrowing might be so large that it will have the effect of reducing the amount of loanable funds in the market thereby increasing the interest rates due to a reduced supply of loanable funds.
As there are now increased interest rates, it will be more expensive for companies to borrow to spend on investment or for consumers to spend on durables. It will have the effect of <em>crowding out</em> the private sector.
Answer: B. 7%; 2%
Explanation:
0ver the past 100 years, stocks have showed a positive average return of 7% whilst bonds have shown a return of 2%. This makes sense because stocks generally offer higher returns than bonds which are fixed.
Stocks react to a variety of factors including interest rates and market fluctuations which makes them more risky whereas bonds which are fixed income securities are more stable in their returns making them less of a risk.
Stocks therefore offer a higher return to compensate for this risk as opposed to bonds.