What is the rule of 72? Well… here’s the equation: Years to double = 72 / Interest rate DO NOT reread this equation. The rule of 72 is a hard rule to explain. I will do my best to try to explain it. The answer to ‘rule of 72’ gives us a number of years. This number of years tells us how long it takes to double our money. Let’s say you have 100 dollar. The ‘rule of 72’ helps us figure out how long it will take to have 200 dollars. Scenario 1: You have invested your 100 dollars in a 3%
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EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUSTRALIA’S BUDGET DEFICIT AND DOMESTIC INTEREST RATES Project Topic Area: Budget deficits and interest rates Class: ECON3007 Intermediate Econometrics Date: May 31‚ 2013. Abstract This paper examines the empirical relationship between Australia’s federal budget underlying cash balance and the real interbank rate. Results from the period 1976-2013 suggest xxxx Contents Page
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Why are floating rates considered to be superior to fixed rates in dealing with major shocks such as oil price increases? Explain why floating exchange rates did not produce a reduction in the US balance of payments deficit during the early 1980s? Describe the system that was developed to replace floating exchange rates. First we need to explain what fixed and floating exchange rates are. Fixed exchange rate regime is a regime in which central banks buy and sell their own currencies to keep
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neither fixed nor flexible exchange rate system. China has announced in 2005 the “end of its firm peg against the dollar‚ instead allowing it to trade within a narrow band against a basket of currencies.” China regime is managed floating system where the currency increases very slowly year by year and the China government prevent the currency from changing quickly in the short term. The reason why Chinese government intervene in the currency market is to lower exchange rate to increase employment‚
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Chapter 5 : Interet rates Page161 Interest rate quotes and adjustments 5-1. Your bank is offering you an account that will pay 20% interest in total for a two-year deposit. Determine the equivalent discount rate for a period length of a. Six months. b. One year. c. One month. a. Since 6 months is [pic] of 2 years‚ using our rule [pic] So the equivalent 6 month rate is 4.66%. b. Since one year is half of 2 years [pic] So the equivalent 1 year rate is 9.54%. c. Since
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calculate the fraction that will be used up after 6.0 minutes. 4. [15 points] The rate law for the decomposition of ozone to molecular oxygen 3 O3 (g) −→ 3 O2 (g) is rate = k [O3 ]2 . [O2 ] The mechanism for this process is k1 O3 O + O2 k−1 k 2 O + O3 −→ 2 O2 Derive a rate law from these elementary steps. Clearly state the assumptions you use in the derivation. Explain why the rate decreases with increasing O2 concentration. 5. [15 points] Consider the following
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vanilla swap in which it will exchange fixed payments of 8 percent for floating payments of LIBOR + 1 percent. The notional principal is $50 million. LIBOR is expected to 7 percent‚ 9 percent‚ and 10 percent‚ respectively‚ at the end of each of the next three years. a. Determine the net dollar amount to be received (or paid) by Cleveland each year. ANSWER: End of Year: END OF YEAR 1 2 3 LIBOR 7 9 10 Floating Rate Received 8 10 11 Fixed Rate Paid 8 8 8 Swap Differential
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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 Baker S. "RMB Revaluation will Serve China ’s Self Interest‚" in China Economic Review‚ V15‚ (2004): 331-335
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Greavu 1 John Greavu WRIT 1301 Mr. Anderson 25 OCT 2011 Reading Response #5: Time’s Exchange Rate “Time is money”: Bejamin Franklin‚ Founding Father of the United States of America seemed to imply his country’s priorities fairly well in his famous three-word quote. Time and money are valued almost above all in the U.S.‚ and sacrificing one or the other usually is at least a minor struggle for most Americans. In the capitalist society that we live in‚ people are always competing. They are always
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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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