10. If the marginal propensity to consume is 0.75 and investment spending decreases by $20 billion. Suppose all other aggregate expenditure components are autonomous, based on the Keynesian model, what will be the overall effect on GDP?
Select one:
a. GDP will decrease by $20 billion
b. GDP will increase by $15 billion
c. GDP will decrease by $80 billion
d. GDP will increase by $30 billion
e. GDP will decrease by $26.7 billion
11. One of the most serious effects of a banking panic (bank run) is that
Select one:
a. banks will not earn as much profit
b. banks will no longer be trusted by the public
c. people will not place their excess money in banking accounts
d. people may lose any accrued interest on their accounts
e. large withdrawals of cash lead to a severe decrease in reserves and ultimately in the money supply
12. Suppose that the prices of dairy products have risen relatively less than prices in general over the last several years. To which problem in the construction of the CPI is this situation most relevant?
Select one:
a. substitution bias
b. introduction of new goods
c. unmeasured quality change
d. income bias
e. None of the above
13. The demand for money
Select one:
a. is the demand for bonds
b. is the demand for loans
c. increases whenever the price level falls
d. reflects the wealth or asset allocation problem that people face
e. shows the people always demand as much money as possible
14. A rightward shift of the economy's labor supply curve would result from a(n)
Select one:
a. cut in income tax rates or an increase in welfare benefits to the needy
b. cut in income tax rates or a cut in benefits to the needy
c. increase in income tax rates or a cut in benefits to the needy
d. increase in income tax rates or an increase in benefits to the needy
e. cut in income tax rates or a freeze on benefits to the needy
15. Investment from abroad (or foreign direct investment)
Select one:
a. is a way for poor countries to learn the state-of-the-art technologies developed and used in richer countries
b. is viewed by economists as a way to increase growth
c. noften requires removing restrictions that governments have imposed on foreign ownership of domestic capital
d. All of the above are correct
e. None of the above is correct
16. Countercyclical fiscal policy has a serious problem with
Select one:
a. the timing of its enactment and impact
b. the easy reversibility of policy
c. the tendency of the central bank to immediately counter government's action
d. the courts as it has been held to be unconstitutional
e. Presidential executive orders
17. When implementing monetary policy, the variable the Federal Reserve watches most closely is the
Select one:
a. required reserve ratio
b. federal funds rate (Fed funds rate)
c. long term bond rate
d. national debt
e. short-term corporate bond rate
18. If there is a surplus of the domestic currency at a fixed exchange rate,
Select one:
a. the currency will depreciate
b. the currency will appreciate
c. the country must switch to a floating exchange rate
d. the central bank must buy up that excess supply or the domestic currency will depreciate
e. the central bank must buy up that excess supply or the domestic currency will appreciate
19. If the central bank lowered the required reserve ratio,
Select one:
a. excess reserves would decrease
b. the money supply would decrease
c. the money supply would increase
d. banks would borrow more from the central bank
e. loans would earn more interest
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As per Harvard Business Review Articles, The Big
Idea: The New M&A Playbook and M&A: The One Thing You Need
to Get Right, - “M&A is a mug’s game: Typically 70% - 90% of
acquisitions are abysmal failures”. You have been tasked by the
Board of Directors of Commerce Bank (Regional Bank located in NJ,
NY, PA) to explore expansion opportunities in Florida via an
acquisition. Commerce’s mission is to be America’s Most Convenient
Bank. The CEO of Commerce has already found a target Bank in
Florida, about ½ the size of Commerce, as a candidate for
acquisition and wants to proceed.
The Board is asking you to lead the Due Diligence Team
to answer the following questions knowing that 70% to 90% of
acquisitions do not meet their intended goals.
What are we acquiring?
Will this acquisition boost current
performance?
Will this acquisition lower or increase
costs?
What is the right price to pay?
How would you avoid integration mistakes?
What other qualitative and quantitative information
would you need to make your recommendation?
How would you present this information to the
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Obi, Juan, Ken & Obi’s brother, Michael, started their own light saber business. They have decided to invest some of their money in only 1 of the following projects. All the projects have a required rate of return of 8% and a 5 year-useful life. Using rate of return analysis, which option should be selected?
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A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
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Initial Cost |
$100 |
$130 |
$200 |
$330 |
$0 |
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Annual Benefits |
$150 |
$130.78 |
$185 |
$184.55 |
$0 |
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Yearly Cost |
$123.62 |
$92 |
$137.52 |
$93 |
$0 |
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