Answer:
Why can't the Fed push the rate any lower than zero?
Real interest rates can be lower than zero, or negative (because inflation rate is higher than interest rate), but nominal interest rates are generally only limited to zero. But during this same time, the European Central Bank actually started paying negative interest rates on money deposits and many European private banks followed. That means that they charged people for having their money on the bank.
Why do you think that the Fed was so seemingly reluctant to push the rate all the way to the floor?
The reason why the Fed was not willing to push the interest rates to zero or even below zero was that by doing so, the US dollar would have depreciated or lost value. In Europe this was done to encourage people to spend their money and not save as much, but in the US that is not really a problem. Generally in the US the problem is that people spend too much and save too little, but on some European countries and Japan, people tend to save too much. For example in Japan the national savings rate fluctuates between 22-40%, while the maximum savings rate in the US has been 10.4% in 1960, it currently is around 7.6%.
Answer:Please see answers in explanation column
Explanation:
a) Journal to record factory labor cost
Account titles and explanation Debit Credit
Factory Labor $480,000
Factory wages payable $400,000
Employer payroll taxes payable $80,000
Factory Labor=Factory wages payable+Employer payroll taxes payable
= $400,000 + $80,000 =$480,000
b) Journal to transfer factory labour to production
Account titles and explanation Debit Credit
Work in process inventory(480,000 x 75%) $360,000
Manufacturing Overhead(480,000 x 25%) $120,000
Factory Labor $480,000
Complete Question:
1. Select the correct statement regarding relevant costs and revenues.
A. Sunk costs are not relevant for decision-making purposes.
B. Relevant costs are frequently called unavoidable costs.
C. Direct labor is an example of a unit-level cost.
D. Only variable costs are relevant for decision making.
Answer:
1. A
2. D
3. B
Explanation:
1. The correct statement regarding relevant costs and revenues is that sunk costs are not relevant for decision-making purposes. Sunk costs are the opposite of relevant costs because they can't be changed or recovered, as they've been spent or contracted in the past already. Hence, relevant cost are relevant for decision-making purposes but not sunk costs.
2. Expected future revenues that differ among the alternatives under consideration are often referred to as differential revenues. It is the difference in revenues among two (2) alternatives, which would influence decision making.
3. The benefits sacrificed when one alternative is chosen over another are referred to as opportunity costs. It is also referred to as alternative forgone.
<em>For example, Tony gives up going to see a new movie at the cinema in order to prepare for an examination, so as to get a good grade</em>.
Answer:
5.62%
13.75%
Explanation:
According to the DDM method,
the value of a stock = [dividend x ( 1 + growth rate)] / [cost of equity - growth rate]
67 = 0.4(1.05) / r - 0.05
multiply both sides of the equation by r -0.05
67(r - 0.05) = 0.42
divide both sides of the equation by 67
r - 0.05 = 0.006269
r = 0.0563
= 5.63%
b. the cost of equity using the capm method =
risk free rate of return + beta x ( expected return - risk free return)
5% + 1.25 x (12 - 5) = 13.75%
