The coupons paid by municipal bonds are exempt from federal income tax and from state tax in many states. Therefore, the higher the tax bracket that the investor is in, the more valuable the tax-exempt feature to the investor.
Demand supply and market equilibrium will have many changes due to change in the quantity of a supplied product.
Answer: a). Firm's growth rate = 10.5%
b). Next year's earnings = $30,940,000.00
Explanation: Earnings growth rate is the percentage change in earnings given specific variables.
The firm's earnings growth rate g = Return on equity (ROE) × Retained earnings (b) = 0.15(0.70)
g =0.105 or 10.5%
In finding next year's earnings, we multiply the current earnings times one plus the growth rate.
Next year's earnings = Current earnings(1 + g)
Next year's earnings = 28,000,000(1 + 0.105)
Next year's earnings = $30,940,000.00
