The mean of a set of data is 5.07 and its standard deviation is 3.39.

Economist A believes that the elasticity of investment is 1.47 while economist B believes that the elasticity of investment is 0

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Answer:

Economist A

Explanation:

Elasticity is a measure of investment sensitivity. If the investment is elastic, a slight increase in price (interest rate) will decrease the amount of investment. Conversely, if the investment is inelastic, a change in interest rates will not considerably affect the investment rate. The calculation of elasticity consists of the change in the investment rate divided by the change in the interest rate. If the calculation of elasticity is less than 1, it is considered ineastic, while investments with elasticity above 1 are considered elastic. Thus, economist A believes that the investment rate is elastic to the interest rate, while economist B believes the opposite. So for economist A the rise in interest rates will affect the investment rate of the economy (and hence the macroeconomic environment) because in his view investment is elastic. Economist B does not believe that interest rate fluctuations will affect demand for investments.

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3 years ago

Cane Company manufactures two products called Alpha and Beta that sell for $195 and $150, respectively. Each product uses only o

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Answer and explanation:

a.

the table below shows the impact of dropping beta product

Loss of Contribution Margin if Beta is Dropped (75,000*64) -$4,800,000

Traceable Fixed Manufacturing Overhead (123,000*33) $4,059,000

Incremental Contribution Margin from Additional Alpha Sales (15,000*72)

$1,080,000

Increase in Net Operating Income if Beta is Dropped $339,000

Notes:

Contribution Margin Per Unit (Beta) = 150 (Selling Price) - 15 (Direct Material) - 28 (Direct Labor) - 20 (Variable Manufacturing Overhead) - 23 (Variable Selling Expenses) = $64 per unit

Contribution Margin Per Unit (Alpha) = 195 (Selling Price) - 40 (Direct Material) - 34 (Direct Labor) - 22 (Variable Manufacturing Overhead) - 27 (Variable Selling Expenses) = $72 per unit

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where 9=b, 10=c, etc

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3 years ago

Reuter Bank loaned Sabean Corporation $500,000 in

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Answer:

C) I, II, and III only.

I. May demand payment of the full amount immediately from the sureties when the corporation defaults on the loan.
II. May demand payment of the full amount immediately from the sureties even if Reuter does not attempt to recover any amount from the collateral.
III. May attempt to recover up to $200,000 from the collateral and the remainder from the sureties, even if the remainder is more than $300,000.

Explanation:

The bank has several options in this case, depending on the financial position and net worth of the sureties and the corporation. It can decide to collect all the debt directly from them, or collect part of the debt through the collateral property, or it can go after the assets of the corporation, or any type of combination. In this case the bank has three options from which it can collect the debt and it is up to them to decide how they proceed.

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3 years ago

During its first year of operations, a company entered into the following transactions: Borrowed $5,000 from the bank by signing

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Answer:

The amount of total assets at the end of the year is $15,600

Explanation:

The computation of the total assets is shown below:

= Borrowed amount + issued stock to owners + purchase of supplies - paid to supplies

= $5,000 + $10,000 + $1,000 - $400

= $15,600

We considered all the items which are given in the question. The payment made to supplies should be deducted as it reduced the balance of cash So, the remaining items would be added

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3 years ago

North Bank has been borrowing in the U.S. markets and lending abroad, thereby incurring foreign exchange risk. In a recent trans

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Answer:

A) 10.82%

B) 5.27%

C) 8.56%

Explanation:

Given data :

North Bank Borrow ; $1.4 million at 5 percent

Lend in pounds at 9%

spread = ( 4% )

spot rate = 1.454

A) Determine the loan rate to maintain the 4 percent spread

Expected spot rate = 1.43

First step :

Lending amount = $1.4 million / initial spot rate = 1.4 / 1.454 = £ 0.9628 million

= principal ( $1.4 million ) + interest ( 9% of 1.4 ) = 1.4 + 0.126 = $1.526 million

In pound ( at the expected spot rate )

= 1.526 / 1.43 = £1.067 million

expected profit = £1.067 - £0.9628 = £ 0.1042 million

Therefore the interest rate tp maintain the 4 percent spread

= 0.1042 / 0.9628 = 10.82%

B) Determine the net interest margin if the bank hedges its forward foreign exchange exposure

Forward rate = 1.46

assuming interest as value calculated above = ( 10.82% )

lending amount = £0.9628 million

Repayment = 0.9628 * 111% * 1.46 = $1.5603 million

therefore return rate = $1.5603 - $1.4 = $0.1603 million = 10.27%

hence : Net interest margin = 10.27% - 5% = 5.27%

C) Determine the loan rate to maintain the 4 percent spread if the bank intends to hedge its exposure using the forward rates.

Forward Hedging contract forward rate = 1.46

lending amount = $1.4 / 1.454 = £ 0.9628 million

Total Interest and Principal Repayment Required in $ to maintain 4% Spread = $1.526 million

In pound = 1.526 / 1.46 = £ 1.0452

Interest = £1.0452 - £0.9628 = £0.0824 million

therefore interest Rate to maintain 4℅ Spread

= ( 0.0824 / 0.9628 ) * 100 = 8.56%

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3 years ago