The ez credit company offers to loan a college student $6,000 for school expenses. repayment of the loan will be in monthly installments of $304.07 for 24 months. the total repayment of money is $7,297.68, which includes the original $6,000, $1,207.04 in interest charges, and $90.64 for a requires life insurance policy covering the amount of the loan. assume monthly compounding of interest. what nominal interest rate is being charged on this loan? (hint: represent your answer as a percentage value (not a decimal value), but skip % sign)

Ajustification for job training programs is that they improve worker productivity. suppose that you are asked to evaluate whether more job training makes workers more productive. however, rather than having data on individual workers, you have access to data on manufacturing firms in ohio. in particu- lar, for each firm, you have information on hours of job training per worker (training) and number of nondefective items produced per worker hour (output). (i) carefully state the ceteris paribus thought experiment underlying this policy question. (ii) does it seem likely that a firm’s decision to train its workers will be independent of worker characteristics? what are some of those measurable and unmeasurable worker characteristics? (iii) name a factor other than worker characteristics that can affect worker productivity. (iv) if you find a positive correlation between output and training, would you have convincingly established that job training makes workers more productive? explain.

Uppose that the federal reserve purchases a bond for $100,000 from donald truck, who deposits the proceeds in the manufacturer’s national bank. what will be the impact of this purchase on the supply of money? the money supply will increase by $100,000. the money supply will increase by $80,000. the money supply will increase by $500,000. this action will have no effect on the money supply. if the reserve requirement ratio is 20 percent, what is the maximum amount of additional loans that the manufacturer’s bank will be able to extend as the result of truck’s deposit? the maximum additional loans is $100,000. the maximum additional loans is $80,000. the maximum additional loans is $20,000. the maximum additional loans is $500,000. given the 20 percent reserve requirement, what is the maximum increase in the quantity of checkable deposits that could result throughout the entire banking system because of the fed’s action? this action will have no effect on the money supply. the money supply will eventually increase by $80,000. the money supply will eventually increase by $500,000. the money supply will eventually increase by $100,000.

Exercise 18-15 sheffield appliance center is an experienced home appliance dealer. sheffield appliance center also offers a number of services for the home appliances that it sells. assume that sheffield appliance center sells ovens on a standalone basis. sheffield appliance center also sells installation services and maintenance services for ovens. however, sheffield appliance center does not offer installation or maintenance services to customers who buy ovens from other vendors. pricing for ovens is as follows. oven only $790 oven with installation service 850 oven with maintenance services 970 oven with installation and maintenance services 990 in each instance in which maintenance services are provided, the maintenance service is separately priced within the arrangement at $180. additionally, the incremental amount charged by sheffield appliance center for installation approximates the amount charged by independent third parties. ovens are sold subject to a general right of return. if a customer purchases an oven with installation and/or maintenance services, in the event sheffield appliance center does not complete the service satisfactorily, the customer is only entitled to a refund of the portion of the fee that exceeds $790. assume that a customer purchases an oven with both installation and maintenance services for $990. (b) indicate the amount of revenue that should be allocated to the oven, the installation, and to the maintenance contract.