GDP has grown in a country at 4% per year for the last 30 years. The labor force has grown at 1% per year and the quantity of physical capital has grown at 5% per year. A 1% increase in average physical capital per worker (other things equal) raises productivity by 0.5%. How much has growing physical capital per worker contributed to productivity growth in this country?

In a fixed-term, level-payment reverse mortgage, sometimes called a reverse annuity mortgage, or ram, a lender agrees to pay the homeowner a monthly payment, or annuity, and expects to be repaid from the homeowner’s equity when he or she sells the home or obtains other financing to pay off the ram. consider a household that owns a $150,000 home free and clear of mortgage debt. the ram lender agrees to a $100,000 ram for 10 years at 6 percent. assume payments are made annually, at the beginning of each year to the homeowner. calculate the annual payment on the ram.