Select a firm that competes in an industry in which you are interested. Drawing upon published financial reports, complete a financial ratio analysis. Based on changes over time and a comparison with industry norms, evaluate the firm’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of its financial position. Looking at using Nike.

What are the major differences between a discount loan and an open market purchase with respect to their respective effects on monetary base? Explain using an example and showing the relevant changes in the balance sheets of the Fed and the Banking System. Between these two actions, is one preferred to the other by the Fed? Why or why not?

1. Describe how the American system of federalism experienced important transformations during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s.

(Describe these changes by discussing “New Federalism,” devolution, and the Supreme Court’s rulings on federalism.)

2. How did the developments of this period differ from the previous eras of American federalism?

The major difficulty in analyzing oligopoly is
a. that the product of oligopolistic industries is heterogeneous.
b. taking account of how a firm believes its rivals will respond to any changes in output it makes.
c. knowing whether or not collusion for the firms is profitable.
d. accounting for different sizes of firms in an oligopolistic industry.

Suppose a​ ten-year, $1000 bond with an 8.7% coupon rate and​ semi-annual coupons is trading for a price of $1 034.59.

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

b.  If the​ bond's yield to maturity changes to 9.3% APR​, what will the​ bond's price​ be?

What will happen to the real interest rate during a rampant asset inflation period and then during the financial crisis triggered by the eventual bursting of the asset bubble? What will be the effect of the changes in the real interest rate on the asset inflation in the first sub-period and on the post-crisis recession in the second subperiod?

In designing regulatory​ frameworks, the costs of regulations​ are:

A. costs of regulators. B. the costs created by​ customers' reactions to changes in relative prices. C. compliance costs. D. all of the above.

Which of the following institutions is NOT responsible for the prudential regulation of​ banks' and​ depositors' protection?

A.RBA. B.ACCC. C.APRA. D.ASIC.

Excited H atoms have many emission lines. One series of lines, called the brackett series, occurs in the infrared region. It results when an electron changes from higher energy levels to a level with n=4. Calculate the wavelength and frequency of the lowest energy line of this series.