The council of economic advisors to the president of a country reported gross investment expenditure at $400,000 during a particular year. the group excluded from this valuation an amount of $50,000 spent by an existing domestic firm during the year. mark, an economist, argued that this amount should have been included under the business fixed investment component of gdp. which of the following, if true, would support mark's argument? a. the firm exported products worth $50,000 to a neighboring country. b.the firm transferred machinery worth $50,000 from one of its closed facilities to one in operation. c.the firm sold off its existing machinery worth $50,000 and invested the proceeds in buying raw materials for production. d.the firm stalled production temporarily to lower the value of its inventory stock by $50,000.e. the firm purchased new machinery worth $50,000 for its production facility during that year.

Select all that apply. what do opponents of minimum wage believe are the results of minimum wage? increases personal income results in job shortages causes unemployment raises prices of goods

Suppose that jim plans to borrow money for an education at texas a& m university. jim will need to borrow $25,000 at the end of each year for the next five years (total=$125,000). jim wishes his parents could pay for his education but they can’t. at least, he qualifies for government loans with a reduced interest rate while he is in school. he has a special arrangement with aggiebank to lend him the money at a subsidized rate of 1% over five years without having to make a payment until the end of the fifth year. however, at the end of the fifth year, jim agrees to pay off the loan by borrowing from longhorn bank. longhorn bank will lend him the money he needs at an annual interest rate of 6%. jim agrees to pay back the longhorn bank with 20 annual payments and the payments will be uniform (equal annual payments including principal and interest). (i) calculate how much money jim has to borrow at the end of 5 years to pay off the loan with aggiebank. a. $121,336 b. $127,525 c. $125,000 d. $102,020 e. none of the above

Slow ride corp. is evaluating a project with the following cash flows: year cash flow 0 –$12,000 1 5,800 2 6,500 3 6,200 4 5,100 5 –4,300 the company uses a 11 percent discount rate and an 8 percent reinvestment rate on all of its projects. calculate the mirr of the project using all three methods using these interest rates.