Answer:
b) increase; fall; rises
Explanation:
Federal budget comes from tax revenues and was drained by transfer payments.
In a recession, firms go out of businesses and people don't spend much. There will be less tax on goods and firms' profits. On the other hand, more people become unemployed and become entitled to receiving transfer payments.
Answer:
$2.5 per share
Explanation:
Earning Per share is the amount of earning for the period that allocated to each share. Normally it is calculated using common shares. The earning used in this calculation is purely the earning that is associated with the shareholders of the company. We can have this earning after deducting all the expenses and preferred dividend as well.
Formula:
Earnings per share = Net Income / Numbers of common Shares
Earnings per share = $450,000 / 180,000
Earnings per share = $2.5 per share
Answer:
This implies that bus is an inferior good and car is a normal good.
Explanation:
Initially, Jim's income was $5000 a year.
As his income increases to $60,000 a year, he decides to buy a car instead of using the bus.
In other words, with the increase in income, the demand for traveling by bus is declining.
This implies that it is an inferior good.
The demand for the car is increasing with an increase in income.
So, the car is a normal good.
An inferior good can be defined as a product that shows negative elasticity. This means with an increase in income its demand declines an vice versa.
A normal good can be defined as a product that shows positive income elasticity. That is, its demand increases with rise in income and vice versa.
Answer:
Bethesda Biosys
Issue of an IPO:
Net proceeds for the issuer is $82 million, if all the 4 million shares are bought by investors.
Explanation:
a) Calculations:
The spread is $4.5 (18% of $25) per share, since average selling price is $25.
Therefore, the net proceed per share is $20.50 ($25 - 4.50).
And the Total Net Proceeds = $82 million ($20.50 * 4 million), assuming that all four million shares were bought by the public.
Note that the question did not provide the necessary information to make the final decision.
b) During the issue of securities, especially an IPO, underwriters, such as investment banks, pay an issuing company for the securities and then sell the securities to the public. There is always a difference per share price that they are willing to pay the issuer and what they will collect from the investing public. That difference is called the underwriting spread or simply the spread.
c) Best-Efforts Basis: According to investopedia.com, underwriting on best-effort basis is "an agreement between an underwriter and an issuer in which the underwriter agrees to place as much of an offering with investors as possible, but is not responsible for any portion of the offering it fails to sell."
Answer:
Liquidity of an asset refers to how easily convertible the asset is to cash or so called liquid money.
Most Liquid - A $5 bill
This is already cash so it is the most liquid there is.
Second-Most Liquid - The funds in a money market account
Funds in a money market account are the second most liquid because most often they can simply be withdrawn from the fund. There might be limits on the number of withdrawals allowed though within a period.
Third-Most Liquid - A share in a publicly traded company
A share in a publicly trade company ranks here because to realize the cash, one would need to sell the share first.
Least Liquid - Your house
Your house will be the most difficult of these to liquidate as it will involve a much longer process to eventually get it sold and realize cash. The process will include but will not be limited to, advertising, hiring realtors, inspection etc.
