Crane, Inc. sponsors a defined-benefit pension plan. The following data relates to the operation of the plan for the year 2018. Service cost $ 225000 Contributions to the plan 210000 Actual return on plan assets 150000 Projected benefit obligation (beginning of year) 3000000 Fair value of plan assets (beginning of year) 1800000 The expected return on plan assets and the settlement rate were both 11%. The amount of pension expense reported for 2018 is a. $555000. b. $357000. c. $225000. d. $153000.

The east asiatic company (eac), a danish company with subsidiaries throughout asia, has been funding its bangkok subsidiary primarily with u.s. dollar debt because of the cost and availability of dollar capital as opposed to thai baht-denominated (b) debt. the treasurer of eac-thailand is considering a 1-year bank loan for $247,000.the current spot rate is b32.03 /$, and the dollar-based interest is 6.78% for the 1-year period. 1-year loans are 12.04% in baht.a. assuming expected inflation rates of 4.3 % and 1.24% in thailand and the united states, respectively, for the coming year, according to purchase power parity, what would the effective cost of funds be in thai baht terms? b. if eac's foreign exchange advisers believe strongly that the thai government wants to push the value of the baht down against the dollar by5% over the coming year (to promote its export competitiveness in dollar markets), what might the effective cost of funds end up being in baht terms? c. if eac could borrow thai baht at 13% per annum, would this be cheaper than either part (a) or part (b) above?