If the federal poverty level for a family of three is $20,000 in a given year, what is the maximum amount that family can earn and still be eligible for subsidies on the health insurance exchange under the Affordable Care Act?

Demand is projected to be 600 units for the first half of the year and 900 units for the second half. The monthly holding cost is $2 per unit, and it costs $55 to process an order. Assuming that monthly demand will be level during each of the six-month periods covered by the forecast (e.g., 100 per month for each of the first six months), determine an order size that will minimize the sum of ordering and carrying costs for each of the six-month periods.

1. Suppose the base year is 2005, and the only goods in the economy are apples and bananas. In 2005 both apples and bananas cost $1, and 100 apples and 100 bananas are produced. In 2006, apples cost $20 and bananas cost $5, and 50 apples and 200 bananas are produced.

1. What is nominal GDP in 2005?                     
2. What is real GDP in 2005?                             
3. What is the GDP deflator in 2005?                

In 2006?              

In 2006?              

In 2006?              

4. Suppose the fixed basket of goods is 1 apple and 2 bananas.
5. What is the level of the CPI in 2005?                   In 2006?              
6. What is the CPI inflation rate from 2005 to 2006?               

2. What are the three effects that bias the measurement of CPI?

3. Which of the three effects listed in part c does each of the following illustrate?
   1. US households in 2010 spent a larger fraction of their income on televisions than they did in 1950.                                                                                         
   2. All televisions available in 2010 had higher resolution than any televisions available in 1950.                                                                                              
   3. In 1950, no US household had a plasma screen television, but in 2010 they are widely available.                                                                                          

4. Suppose the average television purchased in 1950 cost $200, and the average television purchased today costs $700.
   1. What is the percentage change in the average television price?

2. Taking into account the effects in part c, is this percentage increase likely an underestimate or overestimate of the true change in the cost of televisions?   

3. Why?                                                                                                        

5. Suppose CPI is as follows in each year:

Suppose in the year 2007 you are considering a job offer that pays $50,000 in 2007, plus a 10% (compounding) raise in each of the next three years.

1. What nominal salary will you make in each year?

2. What will your real salary be in each year, using a 2007 base year?

3. What will your real salary be in each year, using a 2009 base year?

4. In what year was your real salary highest?
5. Does your answer to 4 depend on the base year selected?                         
6. Suppose instead your contract gave you $50,000 in 2007, plus a cost of living adjustment equal to the percentage change in CPI. Compute the nominal wage in each year.

In what years is this contract better than the original one?        

A house is rented with the rental price paid at the end of the first year

of Rp.13,000,000. The rental price in subsequent years decreased by

Rp.500,000 per year for the 15-year economic life of the house. The cost of

building the house is IDR 80,000,000. The cost of building a house is

incurred in year 0 and revenue from rent is received at the end of each

year. Determine the advantages or disadvantages of this scheme if the bank interest rate is

5% per year.

Explain how one year of education impacts the average earning.

A company’s last dividend was $1.50 per share at the end of the year. For the next three years, the growth rate is expected to be 23% per year, after which the growth rate is expected to continue at a constant rate of 7% per share. Shareholders require 12% rate of return. What would you be willing to pay for this stock today? Show the answer by hand not using excel.

The Harris Company is the lessee on a four-year lease with the following payments at the end of each year:

An appropriate discount rate is 7 percentage, yielding a present value of $62,927.


a-1. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the initial value of the right-of-use asset?

a-2. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the initial value of the lease liability?

a-3. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the lease expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1?

a-4. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the interest expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required.)

a-5. If the lease is an operating lease, what will be the amortization expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required.)

b-1. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the initial value of the right-of-use asset?

b-2. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the initial value of the lease liability?

b-3. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the lease expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Leave no cells blank – be certain to enter “0” wherever required.)

b-4. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the interest expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

b-5. If the lease is a finance lease, what will be the amortization expense shown on the income statement at the end of year 1? (Round your answer to the nearest dollar amount.)

A stock is selling today for $50 per share. At the end of the year, it pays a dividend of $3 per share and sells for $56.

Required:

a. What is the total rate of return on the stock?

b. What are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain?

c. Now suppose the year-end stock price after the dividend is paid is $48. What are the dividend yield and percentage capital gain in this case?