Assume that the banking system has total reserves of $180 billion. assume also that required reserves are 20 percent of checking deposits and that banks hold no excess reserves and households hold no currency. the new money multiplier is __ , and the money supply is to $ billion. suppose the fed raises required reserves to 25
percent of deposits.
the new money multiplier , and the money supply ( increases/ decreases) $billion.

Acompany that makes shopping carts for supermarkets and other stores recently purchased some new equipment that reduces the labor content of the jobs needed to produce the shopping carts. prior to buying the new equipment, the company used 6 workers, who produced an average of 79 carts per hour. workers receive $16 per hour, and machine coast was $49 per hour. with the new equipment, it was possible to transfer one of the workers to another department, and equipment cost increased by $11 per hour while output increased by four carts per hour. a) compute the multifactor productivity (mfp) (labor plus equipment) under the prior to buying the new equipment. the mfp (carts/$) = (round to 4 decimal places). b) compute the productivity changes between the prior to and after buying the new equipment. the productivity growth = % (round to 2 decimal places)

Yowell company granted a sales discount of $360 to a customer when it collected the amount due on account. yowell uses the perpetual inventory system. which of the following answers reflects the effects on the financial statements of only the discount? assets = liab. + equity rev. − exp. = net inc. cash flow a. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) (360 ) oa b. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na c. (360 ) = na + (360 ) (360 ) − na = (360 ) na d. na = (360 ) + 360 360 − na = 360 na

A$100 million interest rate swap has a remaining life of 10 months. under the terms of the swap, the six-month libor is exchanged semi-annually for 12% per annum. the six-month libor rate in swaps of all maturities is currently 10% per annum with continuous compounding. the six-month libor rate was 9.6% per annum two months ago. what is the current value of the swap to the party paying floating? what is its value to the party paying fixed?