The real risk-free rate is 2.0% and inflation is expected to be 2.75% for the next 2 years. A 2-year Treasury security yields 5.35%. What is the maturity risk premium for the 2-year security

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Which of the following would not generally be a motive for a firm to hold inventories? a. to decouple or separate parts of the production process b. to provide a stock of goods that will provide a selection for customers c. to take advantage of quantity discounts d. to minimize holding costs e. all of the above are functions of inventory.

The average u. s. household has $178,600 in life insurance. the standard deviation is $25,500. a local insurance agent would like to see how households in his city compare to the national average, and selects a simple random sample of 30 households from the city. for the households in the city, the average amount of life insurance is $188,800. a. based on the sample results, construct a 95% confidence interval for the true average amount of life insurance for households in the city. b. test the h0 : $178,600 ? ? to determine if the city's sample average is significantly different from the u. s. average amount of life insurance per household. use the conventional levels of significance.