Amortization schedule. Sherry and Sam want to purchase a condo at the coast. They will spend $650,000 on the condo and are taking out a $650,000 loan for the condo for twenty years at 7.0% interest. What is the annual payment on the mortgage? Construct the amortization schedule of the loan for the twenty years in a spreadsheet to show the annual interest costs, the principal reduction, and the ending balance each year. Then change the amortization schedule to reflect that after ten years Sherry and Sam will increase their annual payment to $80,000 per year. When will they fully repay the mortgage with this increased payment if they apply all the extra dollars above the original payment to the principal?

As the marginal propensity to consume (mpc) increases, the multiplier remains the same. increases. decreases. as the marginal propensity to save (mps) increases, the multiplier decreases. increases. remains the same. if the marginal propensity to consume is 0.30, what is the multiplier, assuming there are no taxes or imports? round to the tenths place. given the multiplier that you calculated, by how much will gross domestic product (gdp) increase when there is a $1,000 increase in government spending? $

Daniel owns 100 shares of abc corporation's common stock. abc uses the fair value option, and recent declines in the firm's credit rating have caused the value of the firm's outstanding bonds payable to drop by 10%. daniel feels this is good news, but he wants to know what you think about the situation. which of the following represents your best response? a : "this situation may be positive for you in that the change in abc's credit standing indicates that the value of the firm's assets is likely increasing. however, the drop in bond value may negate any positive effects on your bottom line, because it means your claim on the firm's assets is simultaneously decreasing." b : "actually, this is bad news all around. the drop in the value of abc's bonds payable means shareholders' claims on the firm's assets have decreased. moreover, abc's declining credit rating means that the firm's assets are probably also dropping in value, thus magnifying your losses even more." c : "on the surface, this seems like good news because it means your claim on the firm's assets has increased. however, the drop in creditworthiness may also indicate that abc's assets are declining in value, thus offsetting any gains associated with the drop in bonds payable." d : "you're right! this is good news because it means that abc's debtholders have a decreased claim on the firm's assets. as a result, the firm's existing shareholders"like you"have seen their claim on the firm's assets increase."

Explain whether each of the following events increases or decreases the money supply. a. the fed buys bonds in open-market operations. b. the fed reduces the reserve requirement. c. the fed increases the interest rate it pays on reserves. d. citibank repays a loan it had previously taken from the fed. e. after a rash of pickpocketing, people decide to hold less currency. f. fearful of bank runs, bankers decide to hold more excess reserves. g. the fomc increases its target for the federal funds rate.