BIZ2119-07 Fall‚ 2012 1. What is the difference between accounting income and cash flow? Which do we need to use when making decisions? 2. Why is there a difference between the interest rates on AAA corporate bonds and U.S. Treasury notes? 3. Your father is about to retire. His firm has given him the option of retiring with a lump sum of $50‚000 in ten years or an annuity of $8‚000 for ten years. Which is worth more now‚ if the discount rate is (a) 6% (b) 19%? 4. Suppose you open a saving
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Determinants of Indian Exchange Rate Submitted To: Dr. S K Mathur Associate Professor of Economics Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Submitted By: Sharad Gupta (10666) Abstract This Paper attempts to find out the determinant of INR-USD exchange rate. We want to see the interdependence of Exchange rate on some variables like Inflation‚ Money Supply‚ Foreign Reserve‚ Fiscal Deficit and Stock market. This will also attempt to analyze
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REACTION PAPER Inflation Rate in the Philippines 2011 The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said that although the scope for keeping policy rates has narrowed due to continued climb of the inflation rate‚ there is still no need to hike rates. This as the government reported the rise in the inflation rate to 4.3 percent last February from month-ago’s 3.5 percent on account of faster inflation rate in food and oil commodities. BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr.‚ in a text message to reporters
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married is declining at an unprecedented rate. In 1970‚ there were approximately 76.5 marriages for every 1000 unmarried women under the age of 15. By the year 2000‚ the marriage rate dramatically decreased to only 44.5‚ and 8 years later‚ the marriage rate hit an all- time low at 34.8 marriages for every 1000 unmarried women. (Lee). The future of marriage looks to either become completely obsolete‚ or of utmost meaning‚ due to the decline of the marriage rate over the course of the last 30 years‚ due
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Unemployment Rates in the United States According to the most recent report put out by the United States Department of Labor‚ in the month of February‚ 49 states saw a decrease in nonfarm employment while Louisiana was the only one where they had seen an increase in nonfarm employment. California had a decrease in jobs since January by 116‚000 with Florida in second with 49‚500 jobs lost. While Alaska seen the smallest decease in unemployment by just 100. And again Louisiana is the only state
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or mold (and which gives the material plastic its name as well). 2 Types of Plastic Surgery Plastic surgery is a special type of surgery that can involve both a person’s appearance and ability to function. Plastic surgeons strive to improve patients’ appearance and self-image through both reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. • Reconstructive procedures correct defects on the face or body. These include physical birth defects like cleft lips and palates and ear deformities‚ traumatic
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Goodrich-Rabobank Interest Rate Swap In 1983‚ both B.F. Goodrich and Rabobank needed to execute external financing in order to raise 50 million dollars for ongoing operations. Goodrich wanted to raise the money through debt financing‚ but because their bonds were BBB- rated‚ they would have to pay a steep interest rate for a fixed rate. However‚ the Solomon brothers had an idea. Goodrich could borrow with a floating rate that was tied to LIBOR and then swap interest payments with a Euromarket
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"Chinese Foreign Reserves to Exceed $1 Trillion" The Times‚ March 29‚ 2006‚ Guijun L. and Schramm R. "China ’s Progression toward Currency Convertibility‚" The Chinese Economy‚ V37: (2004)‚ 78-100. Lu D. "China ’s Capability to Control its Exchange Rate‚" in China Economic Review‚ V15: (2004)‚ 343-347. Ping L. "Challenges for China ’s Banking Sector and Policy Responses‚" China Banking Regulatory Commission‚ November 14-16‚ 2003 Renminbi‚" China Economic Review‚ V16‚ (2005): 103–117. Tung C. and
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The purpose of this lab was to investigate whether veins affect photosynthesis rate. It was predicted that having veins would decrease the rate because chloroplast might be less frequent due to the vascular tissue. For this experiment‚ 4 groups were set up: veins and no veins in CO2 solution‚ and veins and no veins in distilled water‚ the distilled water groups served as controls. These 4 groups were placed under a light bulb in order for photosynthesis to occur. No disks experience movement in the
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Chapter 14 - Base Rate Base rate is the mean number of times an event occurs divided by the mean number of times it might occur. Representativeness is a bias when people wholly and exclusively rely on pre-conceived notions. Empirical evidence suggests that people formulate their judgments by relying on representativeness and neglect the base rate. This results in sub-optimal judgments and guesses. Given a plausible base rate‚ the anchoring of judgment of the probability of an outcome whilst putting
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