In: Finance
You buy a 20-year, 6.3% Treasury bond that is quoted at 101.19.
A. What is the yield to maturity on this bond?
B. If, 4 years later, the bond is selling to yield 5.6%, what would be your percentage return if you then sold the bond?
In: Finance
The owner of a small business borrowed $300,000 today (year 0) with an agreement to repay the loan with equal quarterly payments over a five year time period. If the interest rate is nominal 24% per year compounded quarterly, his loan payment each quarter is equal to:
A. $109,275
B. $71,220
C. $26,154
D. $19,938
In: Economics
Marmaduke was in a combat zone from January 1 to April 15. During the year, the military paid $200 each month for her students loan. How much of that is taxable.
A $0
B $1200
C $1600
D $2400.
In: Economics
The table below reflects the actual and structural budget deficit as a percentage of GDP.
|
Year |
Actual Defect |
Structural Deficit |
|
As % of GDP |
As % of GDP |
|
|
2010 |
2.8 |
2.9 |
|
2011 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
|
2012 |
4.6 |
3.4 |
|
2013 |
4.7 |
3.7 |
|
2014 |
3.9 |
3.7 |
|
2015 |
3.00 |
2.8 |
|
2016 |
2.3 |
2.6 |
|
2017 |
1.4 |
1.6 |
|
2018 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
a. Graph the above data with “years” in the horizontal axis, and “deficit as % of GDP” in vertical axis.
b. From 2010 to 2014 the actual budget deficit is above the structural budget deficit. Explain why.
c. From 2016 to 2018 the actual budget deficit is below the structural budget deficit. Explain why.
d. Which period was the fiscal policy contractionary?
e. Which period was the fiscal policy expansionary?
In: Economics
suppose the nominal interest rate on a bank's savings account is 7% per year. if the inflation rate for the year was 2%, then the real interest rate is
select one:
a. -5%
b. 5%
c. 9%
d. 14%
In: Economics
If you bought a 10-year bond issued by Delta, with a par value of $1,000 and a coupon interest rate of 6%. At maturity you will receive
In: Economics
2) A 30 year $100, 000 loan with i = 9% is to be paid off with yearly payments beginning one year after the loan is made. The first 20 payments are K and the last 10 payments are 4K. Find K. Also for the first four full years make an amortization table and explain why for each year principle repaid is negative.
In: Economics
(a) Oil prices have fallen by about a third since December of last year. Is this a positive or a negative aggregate supply shock for China, a net importer of oil? Use the labor market and the production function to predict the effects of lower oil prices on employment, output, and the real wage in China.
(b) Because of a decrease in the working-age population, Chinese labor force is now shrinking (The Economist, Feb 23, 2019). How does this change your answers in (a) – if at all?
In: Economics
Here we are, in the much anticipated 2020, the year we supposedly achieved Vision 2020. In Malaysia, we have plans, the Shared Properity Vision 2030, Visit Malaysia Year 2020 and a new 12th Malaysian Plan, to chart a new beginning, a new strive for a better Malaysia. Put aside the trade war between US and China, but never in our wildest imagination, that the world economy will be hit by a deadly flu, the coronavirus. There will not be a Visit Malaysia Year 2020. The 12th Malaysian Plan has to be revised and the Shared Prosperity Vision 2030 may be difficult to achieve.
In such a challenging situation, recommend three suggestions how Malaysia can revitalise its economy for a better tomorrow than it is today. Please justify why your suggestion will work to revitalise the economy of Malaysia.
In: Economics