Gross Private Domestic Investment $46 Exports of the U. S. 9 Disposable Income 190 Personal Saving 10 Government Purchases 84 Net Foreign Factor Income 10 Consumption of Fixed Capital 52 Dividends 13 Imports of the U. S. 12 Taxes on Production and Imports 22 Personal Taxes 38 Social Security Contributions 23 Statistical Discrepancy 0 Refer to the accompanying data. All figures are in billions of dollars. The national income is

The common stock and debt of northern sludge are valued at $65 million and $35 million, respectively. investors currently require a return of 15.9% on the common stock and a return of 7.8% on the debt. if northern sludge issues an additional $14 million of common stock and uses this money to retire debt, what happens to the expected return on the stock? assume that the change in capital structure does not affect the interest rate on northern’s debt and that there are no taxes.