Answer:
(a) 
(b) 
(c) X=4.975 percent
Explanation:
(a) Find the z-value that corresponds to 5.40 percent
.
Hence the net interest margin of 5.40 percent is 2.5 standard deviation above the mean.
The area to the left of 2.5 from the standard normal distribution table is 0.9938.The probability that a randomly selected U.S. bank will have a net interest margin that exceeds 5.40 percent is 1-0.9938=0.0062
(b) The z-value that corresponds to 4.40 percent is 
The net interest margin of 4.40 percent is 0.5 standard deviation above the mean.
Using the normal distribution table, the area under the curve to the left of 0.5 is 0.6915
Therefore the probability that a randomly selected U.S. bank will have a net interest margin less than 4.40 percent is 0.6915
(c) The z-value that corresponds to 95% which is 1.65
We substitute the 1.65 into the formula and solve for X.
A bank that wants its net interest margin to be less than the net interest margins of 95 percent of all U.S. banks should set its net interest margin to 4.975 percent.
Answer:
A. aggregate demand intersects short-run aggregate supply
Explanation:
Short run occurs when the amount a firm wishes to supply is equal to the amount demanded from the consumers. It is the area on the graph where the aggregate demand curve intersect with the short run supply curve.
Or, simply put, when the aggregate output supplied is equal to the aggregate output demanded. The equilibrium is made up of equilibrium prices and quantity.
Answer: $50
Explanation:
We can use the Gordon Growth Model of Stock Valuation. The formula is thus,
P = D1 / r – g
D1 = the annual expected dividend of the next year
r = rate of return
g = the expected dividend growth rate (assumed to be constant)
There is no growth potential and dividends are expected to stay the same so no growth rate and D1 will be the same as D0.
Plugging that into the formula therefore will give us
P = D1/r
P= 4.5/0.09
= $50
Current Stock Price is $50.
Answer:
This refers to price elasticity of demand.
Explanation:
The price elasticity of demand (PED) measures how much does the quantity demanded of a good or service changes proportionally to a 1% change in the price of the good or service.
-the percentage change in quantity demanded is 1 percent greater than the percentage change in price.
- ELASTIC DEMAND: when the change in quantity demanded is proportionally greater than the change in price.
-the percentage change in quantity demanded is equal to the percentage change in price.
- PRICE UNITARY DEMAND: e.g. if the price increases by 10%, the demand decreases by 10% (the same proportion).
-the percentage change in quantity demanded is 100 percent greater than the percentage change in price (in absolute value).
- ALMOST PERFECTLY ELASTIC DEMAND: if a product has a perfectly elastic demand, any small change in price will increase or decrease the quantity demanded to either infinite (price decrease) or zero (price increase). No demand is perfectly elastic, but a demand that changes by 100% more than the price change is very similar to this concept.
-quantity demanded does not respond to changes in price.
- PERFECTLY INELASTIC DEMAND: the quantity demanded doesn't change if the price changes. This rarely happens in real life as well as the perfectly elastic demand.
Answer:
$3.78
Explanation:
The computation of current dividend per share is shown below:-
Dividend yield = Capital gains yield
= (12% ÷ 2)
= 6%
Dividend yield = Annual Dividend for next year ÷ Current price
Annual Dividend for next year = ($66.7 × 6%)
= $4.002
So,
The Current dividend per share = Annual Dividend for next year × (1 + interest rate)
= $4.002 ÷ (1 + 0.06)
= $4.002 ÷ 1.06
= $3.78
