The larger the federal deficit, other things held constant, the higher are interest rates. when the economy is weakening, the fed is likely to increase short-term interest rates. during the credit crisis of 2008, investors around the world were fearful about the collapse of real estate markets, shaky stock markets, and illiquidity of several securities in the united states and several other nations. the demand for u. s. treasury bonds increased, which led to a rise in their price and a decline in their yields. the federal reserve’s ability to use monetary policy to control economic activity in the united states is limited because u. s. interest rates are highly dependent on interest rates in other parts of the world.

Easel manufacturing budgeted fixed overhead costs of $ 1.50 per unit at an anticipated production level of 1 comma 350 units. in july easel incurred actual fixed overhead costs of $ 4 comma 700 and actually produced 1 comma 300 units. what is easel's fixed overhead budget variance for july?

Afinancial institution, the thriftem bank, is in the process of formulating its loan policy for the next quarter. a total of $12 million is allocated for that purpose. being a full-service facility, the bank is obligated to grant loans to different clientele. the following table provides the types of loans, the interest rate charged by the bank, and the possibility of bad debt as estimated from past experience. type of loaninterest rateprobability of bad debtpersonal.140.10car.130.07home.1 20.03farm.125.05commercial.100.02 bad debts are assumed unrecoverable and hence produce no interest revenue either. competition with other financial institutions in the area requires that the bank allocate at least 40% of the total funds to farm and commercial loans. to assist the housing industry in the region, home loans must equal at least 50% of the personal, car, and home loans. the bank also has a stated policy specifying that the overall ratio for bad debts on all loans may not exceed .04. formulate this problem as a linear program. define your variables clearly and write all the constraints explaining the significance of each.

From what part of income should someone take savings?