The question has to do with health care, specificallt the Affordable Care Act. Answer needed tonight before midnight. Thanks!

Many people believe that the Affordable Care Act went too far in changing our health care system. Others believe that it did not go far enough.

Comment on this statement. Be specific and suggest 2 very specific changes to the law that you believe are necessary. (In other words, what would your priorities be for an amendment or "replacement") These changes need to be grounded in research (hard facts), not based on your own personal values and anecdotal stories.

Now that the financial operations for 2018 are nearly complete, Mark has requested a meeting with you to review Metro Group’s 2018 federal income tax liabilities and discuss Metro Group’s future federal income tax strategies in the wake of current tax reform. Mark has read many news articles about the 2018 Tax Cut and Jobs Act (2018 tax reform) and has asked you to highlight significant changes you believe Metro Group should consider in 2018. What key tax reform changes will you discuss with Mark? (10 points)

Victorian Treasury has issued 20-year bonds that pay semiannual coupons at a rate of 2.135%. The current market rate for similar securities is 3.5%. Assume the bond has a face value of $1000.

a. What is the bond’s current market value?

b. What will be the bond’s price if rates in the market decrease to 1.98%.

c. Refer to your answers in part b. How do the interest rate changes affect premium bonds and discount bonds?

d. Suppose the bonds were to mature in 10 years. How do the interest rate changes in part b affect the bond prices?

Consider a closed economy where firms fear that sales will soon decline and therefore reduce investment (demand shock), although they are not currently facing lower than usual sales and there have been no changes in the interest rate.

A) Use the linear specification of the IS-LM model and its graphical representation to explain what is the effect of the demand shock on the equilibrium level of output assuming that the central bank does not change the monetary policy following the shock.

B) How would your answer change assuming, instead, that the central bank takes monetary policy decisions to avoid changes in the level of output following the shock?

Module 05 Assignment - Depression in the Elderly

Depression in later life is usually diagnosed on the basis of two clusters of symptoms: feelings and physical changes. In a 3-page paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, research the topic of depression in the elderly and address the following:

1. How would one know if an elderly relative had clinical depression or was sad because of specific life changes and losses?
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3. What are the consequences of depression in the elderly?
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5. Which behaviors would indicate a person going through depression needs therapy?
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7. What kind of therapy would a professional recommend and why?

Question 6 Which of the following explanation is NOT consistent with fixed exchange rate system?

a. Under fixed exchange rate system, inflation can easily be spread among trading partners.

b. As the structure of a nation’s economy changes, the exchange rate should eventually be changed. But fixed system restricts this adjustment of relative price and the internal balance of payment adjustment process relies mainly on changes in the level of income (and hence employment).

c. Relatively easy to forecast exchange rate and thus it is helpful to increase trade.

d. Central banks do not need foreign currency reserve at all.

Question 2. Suppose you are a consultant for a firm that is perfectly competitive. The firm is worried only about its policies in the short run. What would you recommend in terms of quantity changes (raise, cut, shut down or stay put) and price changes (raise, cut, stay put) in each of the following situations: a. [15 points] P $19 MC $14 AVC $20 b. [15 points] P S11MC S106 AVC $107 Notations/Abbreviations: P- price; MC-marginal cost; AVC- average variable cost ATC average total cost

5. Assuming the price level does not change, explain what happens if the leakages are less than injections and why?

13. Explain why the Classical Macro theory is a full-employment model and how it can incorporate deviations of the economic activity from the potential as well as explaining economic growth.

15. Evaluate critically: A change in any autonomous spending such as government and likely investment spending will not change the total spending, since thee expenditure changes will be counterbalanced in other components of the spending.

17. Explain the ineffectiveness of discretionary policy (monetary and fiscal policies including changes in taxes) in view of the classical theory.

Suppose a​ ten-year, $1,000 bond with an 8.8% coupon rate and semiannual coupons is trading for $1,035.28.

a. What is the​ bond's yield to maturity​ (expressed as an APR with semiannual​ compounding)?

b. If the​ bond's yield to maturity changes to 9.4% APR, what will be the​ bond's price?

a. What is the​ bond's yield to maturity​ (expressed as an APR with semiannual​ compounding)?

The​ bond's yield to maturity is blank%. (Round to two decimal​ places.)b. If the​ bond's yield to maturity changes to 9.4%​APR, what will be the​ bond's price?The new price for the bond is $blank. (Round to the nearest​ cent.)

Please show all work in steps with explanation. thanks.

The Strasburg Company’s stock currently trades at $90 per share. Below is their partial balance sheet:

Common Stock (1,500,000 shares outstanding) 30,000,000

Retained Earnings 15,000,000

Total 45,000,000

a) The company is considering a 3 for 2 stock split. What will be the company’s stock price following the stock split? How many shares will be outstanding? Show any changes to the Balance sheet.

b) If instead, the company does a 7% stock dividend. What will be the company’s stock price following the stock dividend? How many shares will be outstanding? Show any changes to the Balance sheet.