Impact of interest rate on Market Interest rate is one of the most prominent macroeconomic factors among many other macroeconomic factors. It has direct impact not only on our market but also on other macro economic factors like inflation‚ money supply and investment. Government uses this powerful tool to control money supply‚ inflation‚ recession‚ employment and also investment pattern. Over all‚ we can say that through interest rate government controls the economic phases of a country. Now in
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Ch.5 Yield (total return) = Dollar inc + (end-beg) beg. Value Risk of Return = r= Risk Free rate + Risk Prem r=rRF+DRP+LP+MRP Risk Free Rate = rRF = r* + IP -effects of int rates on PV/Price of securities: int goes up‚ value of bonds goes down‚ stock goes down (NPV) Prices -factors that influence int rates/yield curve 1.production opportunities-return avail w/in an economy from inves. In productive asset; higher prod opp‚ higher return 2. Time preferences for consumption 3
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Yield of CuCl2.2DMSO Formula weight (Mr) of CuCl2 = 63.55 + (35.45 x 2) =134.45g/mol Formula weight of product CuCl2.2DMSO = 134.45 + 2[16 + 32.06 + (12.01 x 2) + (1.0079 x 6)] = 290.704g/mol Mass of CuCl2= 0.850g Equation for reaction CuCl2 + 2DMSO -> CuCl22DMSO Mole ratio between CuCl2 and CuCl22DMSO = 1:1 Mole of CuCl2 = Mass/ Mr = 0.850/134.45 = 0.00632 moles Since the ratio between CuCl2 and CuCl22DMSO = 1:1‚ mole of CuCl2DMSO is also 0.0063 moles. To find theoretical yield of CuCl2
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recent PPP exchange rates for the pound‚ yen and euro with their nominal exchanges rates. What differences do you observe? What accounts for those differences? PPP exchange rates are the converted currency rates that equalize the purchasing power of different currencies for a given basket of goods by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries. The following is the comparison of the PPP exchange rates for pound‚ yen and euro between their nominal exchange rates in 2009‚ shows that
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Assignment 4 5. According to the IS-LM model‚ what happens to the interest rate‚ income‚ consumption and invest under the following circumstances. a. The central bank increases money supply. An increase in the money supple shifts the LM curve downward. The equilibrium moves from point A to point B. Income rises from Y1 to Y2 and the interest rate falls from r1 to r2. Therefore this increase in money supply causes a decrease in interest rate‚ an increase in income‚ an increase in consumption and an increase
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Inflation and Interest Rate Interest and inflation are key to investing decisions‚ since they have a direct impact on the investment yield. When prices rise‚ the same unit of a currency is able to buy less. A sustained deterioration in the purchasing power of money is called inflation. Investors aim to preserve the value of their money by opting for investments that generate yields higher than the rate of inflation. In most developed economies‚ banks try to keep the interest rates on savings accounts
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Interest rates are among the closely watched variables in the economy. The media on daily bases record their movement because they affect our everyday lives and have crucial consequences for the health of the economy. They affect personal decisions as whether to consume or save‚ whether to buy a house and whether to purchase bonds or put funds into a savings account. Interest rates also affect the economic decisions of households or businesses such as whether to put their money in the
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Question 1 Consider an option on a non-dividend-paying stock when the stock price is $30‚ the exercise price is $29‚ the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annum‚ the volatility is 25% per annum‚ and the time to maturity is four months. a. What is the price of the option if it is a European call? b. What is the price of the option if it is an American call? c. What is the price of the option if it is a European put? d. Verify that put–call parity holds. Question 2 Assume
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positive net capital outflow. 10. The nominal exchange rate is the b. rate at which a person can trade the currency of one country for the currency of another. 11. If you were told that the exchange rate was 1.2 Canadian dollars per U.S. dollar‚ a watch that costs $12 US dollars would cost a. $8.5 Canadian dollars. b. $10 Canadian dollars. c. $12.20 Canadian dollars. d. $14.40 Canadian dollars. ANS: D 12. Other things the same‚ if the exchange rate changes from 115 yen per dollar to
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(or longer) at a fixed rate. However‚ since the general level of interest rates were pretty high‚ and Goodrich’s credit ratings had dropped from BBB to BBB-. Goodrich believed that it would have to pay 13% interest for a 30 year corporate debenture. Salomon Brothers had advised Goodrich that they could borrow in the US public debt market with a floating rate debt issue tied to the LIBOR‚ and then swap payments with Euro market bank that had raised funds in the fixed-rate Eurobond market. Note:
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