Answer:
Given that Honduras is a small economy in Central America, and it keeps a fixed exchange rate with the US, and capital is perfectly mobile, but interest rates are three percent in the US and six percent in Honduras, the explanation of the difference in these interest rates are as follows:
Honduras has a higher interest rate, meaning that its sovereign bonds pay higher values than the American ones, as well as its banks also pay higher interests on their investments compared to American banks.
This is so for a double reason: on the one hand, because the Honduran economy is less reliable than the American economy, which is larger and therefore more solvent and capable of overcoming eventual crises, with which the risk of default is less.
On the other hand, the Honduran economy is more dependent on foreign investment, so it must offer higher interest rates to attract such investments.
Answer:
C. mutual fund.
Explanation:
Mutual fund refers to a company that pools money from many investors into securities such as stocks and bonds. Mutual funds provide the service of a deversified portfolio for customers who would otherwise been unable to diversify their portfolio themselves.
Who pays the tax does NOT depend on who write the check to the government.
Who pays the check ultimately depend on the elasticity of supply and demand. This is because, suppliers have several ways of passing the taxes levied on them by the government to the consumers in form of increase in price of their products. But this also depend on the elasticity of the products, because if the prices are too high, some customers may decide to buy somewhere else or to go for a substitute.<span />
Answer: Option (A) is correct.
Explanation:
Each of the buyer and seller are small when we are relating it with the whole market. so, there will be no power in the hands of a single decision maker and if a firm wants to change their prices then it will not have any influence on the market price. In a competitive market, there are large number of buyers and sellers, thus, one buyer or seller doesn't have any impact on the market price.
Answer:
a) $28 Million
b) -$24 Million
Explanation:
The first part of the question is to determine the pension liability tht should be reported in the balance sheet
To do this, we use the following formula
Projected Benefit Obligation - The Plan Assets
= $65 million - $37 Million = $28 Million
Part B) This part says to dettermine the amount JDS would report if the planned asset increase to $89 million
The formula Projected Benefit Obligation - The Plan Assets still should be used but there is a difference as follows
$65 million - $89 Million = -$24 Million
