An open market purchase by the fed has a tendency to:
a. increase the demand for bonds, drive up bond prices, and raise interest rates.
b. increase the demand for bonds, drive up bond prices, and lower interest rates.
c. increase the supply of bonds, drive down bond prices, and raise interest rates.
d. increase the supply of bonds, drive down bond prices, and lower interest rates.

Renaldo scanlon is a financial consultant. he earns $30 per hour and works 32.5 hours a week. what is his straight-time pay?

Salt corporation's contribution margin ratio is 78% and its fixed monthly expenses are $30,000. assume that the company's sales for may are expected to be $89,000. required: estimate the company's net operating income for may, assuming that the fixed monthly expenses do not change.

Evan company reports net income of $232,000 each year and declares an annual cash dividend of $100,000. the company holds net assets of $2,130,000 on january 1, 2017. on that date, shalina purchases 40 percent of evan's outstanding common stock for $1,066,000, which gives it the ability to significantly influence evan. at the purchase date, the excess of shalina’s cost over its proportionate share of evan’s book value was assigned to goodwill. on december 31, 2019, what is the investment in evan company balance (equity method) in shalina’s financial records?