The late 1990s, Japan's economy was still in a prolonged slump. Nominal interest rates were approximately zero, which many economists believed limited the scope for monetary policy. Professor Paul Krugman of Princeton University disagreed. He argued that Japan's central bank should increase the money supply rapidly with the intention of causing inflation. Moreover, it should credibly promise to continue this inflation policy into the future. The result, he predicted, would be increased investment and higher GDP growth. Krugman's recommendation was based on the distinction between real and nominal interest rates. A permanent monetary expansion would

The market yield on spice grills' bonds is 15%, and the firm's marginal tax rate is 33%. what is their shareholders' required return if the equity risk premium is 4%?

The federal reserve's organization while all members of the federal reserve board of governors vote at federal open market committee (fomc) meetings, only of the regional bank presidents are members of the fomc. the federal reserve's role as a lender of last resort involves lending to which of the following financially troubled institutions? u. s. banks that cannot borrow elsewhere governments in developing countries during currency crises u. s. state governments when they run short on tax revenues the federal reserve's primary tool for changing the money supply is . in order to decrease the number of dollars in the u. s. economy (the money supply), the federal reserve will government bonds.

An important application of regression analysis in accounting is in the estimation of cost. by collecting data on volume and cost and using the least squares method to develop an estimated regression equation relating volume and cost, an accountant can estimate the cost associated with a particular manufacturing volume. consider the following sample of production volumes and total cost data for a manufacturing operation. production volume (units) total cost ($) 400 4000 450 5000 550 5400 600 5900 700 6400 750 7000 compute b 1 and b 0 (to 2 decimals if necessary). b 1 b 0 complete the estimated regression equation (to 2 decimals if necessary). = + x what is the variable cost per unit produced (to 1 decimal)? $ compute the coefficient of determination (to 4 decimals). note: report r 2 between 0 and 1. r 2 = what percentage of the variation in total cost can be explained by the production volume (to 2 decimals)? % the company's production schedule shows 500 units must be produced next month. what is the estimated total cost for this operation (to 2 decimals)? $