Answer:
The correct answer is option b.
Explanation:
If the federal fund's rates were above the targeted rate, the Fed would need to move it towards the targeted rate. To move the interest rate towards the targeted rate, the government would need to increase the money supply. This can be done by buying bonds. When the Fed buys bonds they pay for it, this causes the money supply to increase. As the supply curve shifts to the right, the interest rate will fall down.
Answer: a. 2.90%
b. 2.81%
Explanation:
Nominal rate = 6%
Inflation rate = 3.1%
a. What is the approximate real rate of interest?
The approximate real rate of interest will be calculated as:
= Nominal rate - Inflation rate
= 6.0% - 3.1%
= 2.90%
b. What is the exact real rate?
Exact real rate will be calculated as:
= (nominal-inflation) / (1+inflation)
= (6.0% - 3.1%) / (1 + 3.1%)
= 2.9% / 1.031
= 2.81%
Answer: $25078
Explanation:
Firstly, we'll find the real interest rate which will be:
(1 + R) = (1 + r)(1 + h)
(1 + 10%) = (1 + r)(1 + 4.8%)
(1 + 0.1) = (1 + r)(1 + 0.048)
1.1 = (1 + r)(1.048)
r = 4.96%.
Now the annual deposit will be gotten by using the annuity future value which will be:
3 million = C(1.0496^40-1) / 0.0496
3 million = C(5.3995) / 0.0496
3 million = 119.627C
C = 3 million/119.627
C = 25078
Therefore, the real amount that must be deposited each year to achieve the goal is $25078
Answer:
YTM is 4.94%
Explanation:
The yield to maturity is the return on the bond throughout the bond's tenure and can be computed using rate function in excel as shown below.
=rate(nper,pmt,-pv,fv)
nper is the number of coupons the bond has left to pay(23 years*2)
pmt is the semiannual coupon of the bond=$1000*5.3%*6/12=26.5
pv is the curren price=$1000*105%=$1050
fv is the face value of the bond
=rate(46,26.5,-1050,1000)=2.47%
2.47% is the semiannual yield
annual yield=2.47%
*2=4.94%
Answer:
return of the asset = 13.94%
return of the asset = 13.11%
return of the asset = 11.46 %
Explanation:
given data
average return = 14.60 percent
geometric average return = 10.64 percent
observation period = 25 years
solution
we get here return of the asset over year by Blume formula that is
return of the asset = ( T- 1 ) ÷ ( N - 1) × geometric average + ( N -T) ÷ ( N - 1) × arithmetic average ..................1
here N is observation period and T is time
put value in equation 1
return of the asset = 
return of the asset = 0.1394 = 13.94%
and
return of the assets = 
return of the asset = 0.13115 = 13.11%
and
return of the assets = 
return of the asset = 0.11465 = 11.46 %
