Treasury securities that mature in 6 years currently have an interest rate of 8.5%. inflation is expected to be 5% in each of the next three years and 6% each year after the third year. the maturity risk premium is estimated to be 0.1% × (t – 1), where t is equal to the maturity of the bond (i. e., the maturity risk premium of a one-year bond is zero). the real risk-free rate is assumed to be constant over time. what is the real risk-free rate of interest?

Any point on a country's production possibilities frontier represents a combination of two goods that an economy:

The cook corporation has two divisions--east and west. the divisions have the following revenues and expenses: east west sales $ 603,000 $ 506,000 variable costs 231,000 300,000 traceable fixed costs 151,500 192,000 allocated common corporate costs 128,600 156,000 net operating income (loss) $ 91,900 $ (142,000 ) the management of cook is considering the elimination of the west division. if the west division were eliminated, its traceable fixed costs could be avoided. total common corporate costs would be unaffected by this decision. given these data, the elimination of the west division would result in an overall company net operating income (loss)

The retained earnings account has a credit balance of $24,650 before closing entries are made. if total revenues for the period are $77,700, total expenses are $56,900, and dividends are $13,050, what is the ending balance in the retained earnings account after all closing entries are made?