1.3.4 The deliberate decrease in the value of a country's currency 4x 1 (4)
SECTION B
Answer TWO of the three questions from this section in the ANSWER BOOK
QUESTION 2 MACROECONOMICS 40 MARKS - 30 MINUTES
2.1 Answer the following questions
2.1.1 Name any TWO examples of leakages (2 x 1) (2)
2.1.2 What benefit will government enjoy from selling non-profitable state-owned enterprise (2
2.2 Study the table below and answer the questions that follow.
(Wages, Rent Interest and
Profits)
Factor Payments (Y)
Factor Inputs​

Microsoft's stock price peaked at 6118% of its ipo price more than 13 years after the ipo suppose that $10,000 invested in microsoft at its ipo price had been worth $600,000 (6000% of the ipo price) after exactly 13 years. what interest rate, compounded annually, does this represent? (round your answer to two decimal places.)

After hearing a knock at your front door, you are surprised to see the prize patrol from a large, well-known magazine subscription company. it has arrived with the good news that you are the big winner, having won $21 million. you have three options.(a) receive $1.05 million per year for the next 20 years.(b) have $8.25 million today.(c) have $2.25 million today and receive $750,000 for each of the next 20 years.your financial adviser tells you that it is reasonable to expect to earn 13 percent on investments.

You are the manager of a large crude-oil refinery. as part of the refining process, a certain heat exchanger (operated at high temperatures and with abrasive material flowing through it) must be replaced every year. the replacement and downtime cost in the first year is $165 comma 000. this cost is expected to increase due to inflation at a rate of 7% per year for six years (i.e. until the eoy 7), at which time this particular heat exchanger will no longer be needed. if the company's cost of capital is 15% per year, how much could you afford to spend for a higher quality heat exchanger so that these annual replacement and downtime costs could be eliminated?