Which of the following is/are true? a. Downward sloping yield curves are inconsistent with the expectations theory.
b. The actual shape of the yield curve depends only on expectations about future inflation.
c. If the pure expectations theory is correct, a downward sloping yield curve indicates that interest rates are expected to decline in the future.
d. If the yield curve is upward sloping, the maturity risk premium must be positive and the inflation rate must be zero.
e. Yield curves must be either upward or downward sloping they cannot first rise and then decline

The wall street journal reported that walmart stores inc. is planning to lay off 2,300 employees at its sam's club warehouse unit. approximately half of the layoffs will be hourly employees (the wall street journal, january 25-26, 2014). suppose the following data represent the percentage of hourly employees laid off for 15 sam's club stores. 55 56 44 43 44 56 60 62 57 45 36 38 50 69 65 (a) compute the mean and median percentage of hourly employees being laid off at these stores. (b) compute the first and third quartiles. (c) compute the range and interquartile range. (d) compute the variance and standard deviation. (e) do the data contain any outliers? (f) based on the sample data, does it appear that walmart is meeting its goal for reducing the number of hourly employees?

Sunset foods relies on a highly centralized functional structure to ensure consistency in the quality and taste of its products and to drive down costs via process innovations. however, as a consequence of its highly compartmentalized structure, the firm has found it difficult to transfer information and ideas from one department to the next. with the launch of its new line of breakfast foods coming up, how can sunset improve its ability to collaborate without sacrificing the benefits of its current structure

During a liquidation, a partner's capital account balance drops below zero. what should happen? select one: a. the deficit balance should be removed from the accounting records with only the remaining partners sharing in future gains and losses.b. the partner with a deficit should contribute enough assets to offset the deficit balance if he is solvent.c. the other partners should contribute enough assets to offset the amount of deficit if the partner with a deficit is insolvent.d. both b & c