A bond par value is $1,000 and the coupon rate is 6.5 percent. The bond price was $947.00 at the beginning of the year and $985.39 at the end of the year. The inflation rate for the year was 2.2 percent. What was the bond's real return for the year?

Z-gadgets has developed a mini-laptop that will be marketed in developing countries. it is estimated that the requirement for the new product will start out slow and accelerate as the product becomes increasingly familiar to worldwide consumers. to begin to staff the new production facilities, the company should conduct a(n):   demand forecast