The real risk-free rate is 2.05%. inflation is expected to be 3.05% this year, 4.15% next year, and 2.7% thereafter. the maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.05 × (t - 1)%, where t = number of years to maturity. what is the yield on a 7-year treasury note? do not round intermediate calculations. round your answer to two decimal places.

Read the following scenario and answer the question in 5-10 sentences. you are the owner of a small business that is a defendant in a lawsuit in federal court. you received bad news from your lawyer that the judge did not allow certain documents to be admitted as evidence in court and that the jury reached a $50,000 verdict in favor of the plaintiff. your lawyer tells you that it is within your legal right to hire him to file an appeal with the united states court of appeals. if the appellate court rules in your favor, you may be able to avoid paying part or all of the $50,000. evaluate your lawyer’s suggestion about appealing the decision.

Oerstman, inc. uses a standard costing system and develops its overhead rates from the current annual budget. the budget is based on an expected annual output of 120,000 units requiring 480,000 direct labor hours.(practical capacity is 500,000 hours)annual budgeted overhead costs total $772,800, of which $556,800 is fixed overhead. a total of 119,300 units, using 478,000 direct labor hours, were produced during the year. actual variable overhead costs for the year were $260,400 and actual fixed overhead costs were $555,450.required: 1. compute the fixed overhead spending variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.2. compute the fixed overhead volume variance and indicate if favorable or unfavorable.

Ajax corp's sales last year were $435,000, its operating costs were $362,500, and its interest charges were $12,500. what was the firm's times-interest-earned (tie) ratio? a. 4.72b. 4.97c. 5.23d. 5.51e. 5.80