The discount rate is the interest rates on loans that the federal reserves makes banks. banks occasionally borrow from the federal reserve when they find themselves short on reserves. a higher discount (increases or decreases) banks' incentives to borrow reserves from the federal reserve, (increasing or reducing) the quantity of reserves in the banking system and causing the money supply (fall or rise).

the federal funds rate is the interest rate that banks charge one another for short- (typically overnight) loans. when the federal reserve uses open-market operations to buy govenment bonds, the quantity of reserves in the banking system (decreases or increases), banks' demand for borrowed (declines or rises), and the federal funds rate (increases or decreases).

Suppose there are only three people in the economy: jane, harry, and bob. the individual demand for corn for each of these consumers is given in exhibit 3-1. the total quantity demanded of corn if the market price is $5 is

Afinancial institution, the thriftem bank, is in the process of formulating its loan policy for the next quarter. a total of $12 million is allocated for that purpose. being a full-service facility, the bank is obligated to grant loans to different clientele. the following table provides the types of loans, the interest rate charged by the bank, and the possibility of bad debt as estimated from past experience.type of loaninterest rateprobability of bad debtpersonal.140.10car.130.07home.120.03farm.125.05commercial.100.02 bad debts are assumed unrecoverable and hence produce no interest revenue either. competition with other financial institutions in the area requires that the bank allocate at least 40% of the total funds to farm and commercial loans. to assist the housing industry in the region, home loans must equal at least 50% of the personal, car, and home loans. the bank also has a stated policy specifying that the overall ratio for bad debts on all loans may not exceed .04. formulate this problem as a linear program. define your variables clearly and write all the constraints explaining the significance of each.

Use the following account numbers and corresponding account titles to answer the following question. account no. account title (1) cash (2) merchandise inventory (3) cost of goods sold (4) transportation-out (5) dividends (6) common stock (7) selling expense (8) loss on the sale of land (9) sales which accounts would appear on the income statement?