FIN340 304 Tutorial week 3 Questions 1. How can a central bank use direct intervention to change the value of a currency? Explain why a central bank may desire to smooth exchange rate movements of its currency.. 2. Should the governments of Asian countries allow their currencies to float freely? What would be the advantages of letting their currencies float freely? What would be the disadvantages? 3. What is the impact of a weak home currency on the home economy‚ other things
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Homeostasis of BP and Heart Rate A normal blood pressure can be identified by having a systolic pressure of around 120 and a diastolic pressure of around 80. This value is expressed as "120/80". A normal heart rate is expressed as the amount of times it beats in a minute; a normal adult heart rate is between 60-100 beats per minute (BPM). There is a relation between these two measurements‚ but they are stimulated by several different circumstances. The blood pressure is mainly affected
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Lab#: 15 Title: Exercise/pulse rate Aim: To investigate the effect of exercise on the pulse rate Materials/ Apparatus: Stop watch Diagram: Procedure: 1. The three middle fingers were placed just behind the bottom of the wrist as indicated in the diagram in order to see if the pulse could be felt. 2. (a) If the pulse was not felt the three fingers were moved about until it could be felt. (b) Changing the hand also helped to find the pulse. 3. The number of pulsation
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INTRODUCTION An exchange rate is the price at which one country’s currency must pay in order to buy one unit of another county’s currency on the foreign exchange market. The concept of exchange rate mechanism may be explained as the technique employed by the governments in order to manage and control their respective currencies in the context of the other major currencies of the world. There are 5 exchange rate mechanisms established which each of it is meant to be followed by government regarding
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Heart Rate Experiment Introduction: The heart rate measures the contractions of your heart and is a requirement for life. The heart uses four chambers. The right and left-lower chambers are called ventricles‚ and right and left-upper chambers are called atria. These four chambers complete two cycles that replenish the tissues with oxygen and get oxygen from our lungs. The heart rate is measured in beats/ minute and a “beat” is when the lower chambers are (two ventricles) contract. This
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$42 per share. Assume the expected rate of return on Federated’s stock is 18 percent. • Taxes: Federated’s marginal tax rate is Tc = .35 What are the key assumptions underlying your calculation? For what type of project would Federated’s weighted-average cost of capital be the right discount rate? 2. Suppose Federated Junkyards decides to move to a more conservative debt policy. A year later its debt ratio is down to 15 percent (D/V =.15 ). The interest rate has dropped to 8.6 percent. Recalculate
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Flat Taxation is Equal Taxation Tax rates in America have been changed and reformed to try and meet the needs of the current economy‚ or to make a politicians look good. Recent questions have been asked about whether we should reform the entire style of tax rates in America. Future generations are going to feel the burden or benefit from tax choices we make now because it takes time for things of this magnitude to take place. Also it is a possibility that the future generation may need new tax
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Which one of the following statements is correct concerning annual percentages rates (APRs)? Answer: The APR is equal to the monthly interest rate multiplied by 12 Give an interest rate of zero percent‚ the future value of a lump sum invested today will always: Answer: remain constant Answer: II and IV A firm created as a separate and distinct legal entity that may be owned by one or more individuals or entities is called a: corporation The capital structure of a firm refers to the
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There was a time when one out of a human marriage’s used to end in a divorce. “ A divorce is like and ampulation: you survive it‚ but there’s less of you” by Margaret Atwood. It is a legal action between married people to terminate their marriage relationship. It can also be defined as the dissolution of marriage. In my opinion‚ for almost all people it is very hard to deal with this kind of situation. No one enters a
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Sequence and Rate of Development What is meant by the sequence of development? Sequence of development means that the growth of a child takes place in a structured order with a series of changes or growth that leads to a matured state. The sequence of development depends on events that have previously happened. An example of this is that a baby will first start to roll and at around 6 – 7 months will try to sit up and soon after this they will start to crawl using their arms and legs.
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